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| Class | Arethusa |
| Type | Light Cruiser |
| Year | 1935 |
| Crew | 500 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 480 ft (pp) 506 ft |
| Beam | 51 ft |
| Draught | 17 ft - 18 ft |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 5,220-5,270 t |
| Loaded | 6,665-6,715 t |
| Maximum | 7,180-7,400 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 32 kt |
| Range | ? |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 64,000 hp Parsons |
| Boilers | 4 x Admiralty |
| Fuel | Oil: 1,250-1,325 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 6 x 6-in/50 (3 x 2) BL 6-in Mk. XXIII -5° / +60° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 4 x 4-in (4 x 1) QF 4"/45 Mk. V 8 x 4-in (4 x 2) QF 4"/45 Mk. XVI 2 x 1.9-in (2 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss |
| Torpedo tubes | 6 x 21-in (2 x 3) |
| Broadside | 672 lbs |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 2 in |
| Bulkhead | 1 in |
| Deck | 1 in |
| Gun turret | 1 in |
| Machinery | 1 - 3 in |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 1 |
| Production | |
| Built | 4 |
| Total | 4 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Arethusa | 26 | Chatham DYd | 25/01/1933 | 06/03/1934 | 23/05/1935 | 10/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Aurora | 12 | Portsmouth DYd | 23/07/1935 | 20/08/1936 | 12/11/1937 | 17/04/1946 | Transferred | |
|
Galatea † | 71 | Scotts | 02/06/1933 | 09/08/1934 | 14/08/1935 | 14/12/1941 | † | Loss by submarine |
|
Penelope † | 97 | Harland & Wolff | 30/05/1934 | 15/10/1935 | 13/11/1936 | 18/02/1944 | † | Loss by submarine |
| Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
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Chung King † | |
Aurora | 12 | 19/05/1948 | 03/1949 | † | Loss by aircraft |
