HMS Calypso (D61)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Calypso.
HMS Calypso (D61) was a C class cruiser of the Caledon sub-class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine Alpino Bagnolini. Calypso was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company. Her keel was laid down in February 1916 and she was completed in June 1917.
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HMS Calypso | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Calypso |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Laid down | 17 February 1916 |
Launched | 24 January 1917 |
Commissioned | 21 June 1917 |
Fate | Sunk 12 June 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | C-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 4,120 long tons (4,186 t)[1] |
Length | 450 ft (140 m) |
Beam | 42.9 ft (13.1 m) |
Draught | 14.3 ft (4.4 m) |
Installed power | 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) |
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Speed | 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h) |
Capacity | Fuel oil: 300 short tons (270 t) (normal); 935 short tons (848 t) (maximum) |
Complement | 344 |
Armament | 5 × BL 6 in (150 mm) Mk XII guns, 2 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns, 4 × QF 3-pounder guns, 1 × machine gun, 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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