HMS Caroline (1914)
HMS Caroline in 1917
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| Name: | HMS Caroline |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down: | 28 January 1914 |
| Launched: | 29 September 1914 |
| Completed: | December 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 4 December 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | February 1922 |
| Recommissioned: | February 1924 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 2011 |
| Motto: | Tenax Propositi ("Tenacious of Purpose") |
| Honours and awards: |
Battle honour for Jutland 1916 |
| Status: | "Museum Ship" in Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
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| Length: | 420 ft (128.0 m) (446 ft (135.9 m) overall) |
| Beam: | 41.5 ft (12.6 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft (5 m) maximum |
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| Speed: | 28.5 knots (53 km/h) |
| Range: | carried 405 tons (772 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 325 |
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Coordinates: 54°36′47″N 5°54′10″W / 54.61306°N 5.90278°W
HMS Caroline is a decommissioned C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw combat service in the First World War and served as an administrative centre in the Second World War. Caroline was launched and commissioned in 1914. At the time of her decommissioning in 2011 she was the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service, after HMS Victory. She served as a static headquarters and training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve, based in Alexandra Dock, Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the later stages of her career. She was converted into a museum ship. As of October 2016 she is currently undergoing an inspection and repairs to her hull at Harland and Wolff and is currently closed to the public. Once complete (expected to be Spring 2017) she will be returned to her home of Alexandra Dock in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.
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