HMS Cardiff (D58)
In wartime camouflage, 1942
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| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | Cardiff |
| Namesake: | Cardiff |
| Ordered: | March–April 1915 |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Laid down: | 22 July 1916 |
| Launched: | 12 April 1917 |
| Completed: | 25 June 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 September 1945 |
| Out of service: | Sold for scrap, 23 January 1946 |
| Fate: | Broken up from 18 March 1946 |
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| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,190 long tons (4,260 t) |
| Length: | 450 ft 3 in (137.2 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) (mean) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Complement: | 460 |
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HMS Cardiff was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was one of the five ships of the Ceres sub-class and spent most of her career as a flagship. Assigned to the Grand Fleet during the war, the ship participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in late 1917. Cardiff was briefly deployed to the Baltic in late 1918 supporting anti-Bolshevik forces during the British campaign in the Baltic during the Russian Civil War.
She was then was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in early 1919 and spent most of the rest of the year in the Adriatic Sea. In early 1920, the ship was in the Black Sea supporting the Whites against the Bolsheviks. Cardiff spent most of the rest of her time between the world wars overseas or in reserve. The ship played a minor role in World War II as she was initially assigned to the Northern Patrol, but became a training ship in late 1940 and continued in that role for the rest of the war. Cardiff was sold for scrap in early 1946 and subsequently broken up.
The C-class cruisers were intended to escort the fleet and defend it against enemy destroyers attempting to close within torpedo range. The Ceres sub-class was a slightly larger and improved version of the preceding Caledon sub-class. The ships were 450 feet 3 inches (137.2 m) long overall, with a beam of 43 feet 5 inches (13.2 m) and a mean draught of 14 feet 8 inches (4.5 m). Displacement was 4,190 long tons (4,260 t) at normal and 5,020 long tons (5,100 t) at deep load. Cardiff was powered by two geared Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, which produced a total of 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW). The turbines used steam generated by six Yarrow boilers which gave her a speed of about 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). She carried 935 long tons (950 t) tons of fuel oil. The ship had a crew of about 460 officers and other ranks.
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