HMS Calcutta (D82)

History

United Kingdom
Class and type:	C-class light cruiser
Name:	HMS Calcutta
Builder:	Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down:	18 October 1917
Launched:	9 July 1918
Commissioned:	28 August 1919
Reclassified:	Converted to anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939
Fate:	Sunk 1 June 1941 by air attack off Alexandria, Egypt
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	4,190 tons
Length:	451.4 ft (137.6 m)
Beam:	43.9 ft (13.4 m)
Draught:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Parsons geared turbines Yarrow boilers Two propellers 40,000 shp
Speed:	29 knots (54 km/h)
Range:	carried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement:	330–350
Armament:	5 × 6in guns 2 × 3in anti-aircraft guns 4 × 3pdr guns 2 × 2pdr pom-poms 1 × machine gun 8 × 21in torpedo tubes
Armour:	3 in (76 mm) side (amidships) 2 ¹⁄₄–1 ¹⁄₂ in (57–38 mm) side (bows) 2 in (51 mm) side (stern) 1 in (25 mm) upper decks (amidships) 1 in (25 mm) deck over rudder

HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C-class of cruisers. She was laid down by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness in 1917 and launched on 9 July 1918. Calcutta was commissioned too late to see action in the First World War and was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939. Calcutta served during the Norwegian Campaign and the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940. She was used to escort allied convoys across the Mediterranean and was sunk on 1 June 1941 by Luftwaffe aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt.

Calcutta was laid down at Vickers' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 28 January 1917 and launched on 9 July 1918, completing in August 1919.

The ship was 451 feet 6 inches (137.62 m) long overall and 425 feet (129.54 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 43 feet 6 inches (13.26 m) and a draught of 14 feet 3 inches (4.34 m).Displacement was 4,290 long tons (4,360 t) normal and 5,250 long tons (5,330 t) deep load. Six Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Parsons geared steam turbines rated at 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW), giving a design speed of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph).

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