Preceded by:
Arethusa (1914)Succeeded by:
Danae (1918)Class | Caroline | Calliope | Cambrian | Centaur | Caledon | Ceres | Carlisle |
Type | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser |
Year | 1914 | 1915 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1917 | 1918 |
Crew | 301 | 368 | 368 | 437 | 400-437 | 460 | 432 |
Dimensions | |||||||
Length | 135.9 m | 135.9 m | 135.9 m | 135.9 m | 137.2 m | 137.2 m | 137.6 m |
Beam | 12.6 m | 12.6 m | 12.6 m | 12.8 m | 13 m | 13.3 m | 13.3 m |
Draught | 4.9 m | 4.5 m | 4.5 m | 4.1 m | 5 m | 4.5 m | 4.7 m |
Displacement | |||||||
Empty | 4,219 t | 4,228 t | 4,320 t | 4,165 t | 4,120 t | 4,190 t | 4,290 t |
Loaded | 4,733 t | 4,695 t | 4,799 t | 4,870 t | 4,950 t | 5,020 t | 5,250 t |
Performance | |||||||
Speed | 53 km/h | 55 km/h | 53 km/h | 54 km/h | 54 km/h | 54 km/h | 54 km/h |
Range | 10,927 km @ 19 km/h | 3,704 km @ 52 km/h | 10,927 km @ 19 km/h | 3,704 km @ 52 km/h | 10,927 km @ 19 km/h | 10,927 km @ 19 km/h | 10,927 km @ 19 km/h |
Machinery | |||||||
Shafts | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Turbines | 4 x Independent reduction 40,000 hp Parsons/Brown-Curtis | 4 x Geared steam 37,500 hp Parsons | 4 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Parsons/Brown-Curtis | 4 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Parsons | 2 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Parsons | 2 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Brown-Curtis/Parsons | 2 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Parsons/Brown-Curtis |
Boilers | 8 x Yarrow | 6 x Yarrow | 6 x Yarrow | 6 x Yarrow | 6 x Yarrow | 6 x Yarrow | 6 x Yarrow |
Fuel | Oil: 916 t | Oil: 805-895 t | Oil: 841 t | Oil: 824 t | Oil: 935 t | Oil: 935 t | Oil: 935 t |
Armament | |||||||
Main | 2 x 152-mm/45 (6 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40° | 2 x 152-mm/45 (6 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40° | 2 x 152-mm/45 (2 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40° | 5 x 152-mm/45 (5 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40° | 5 x 152-mm/45 (5 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40° | 5 x 152-mm/45 (5 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40° | 5 x 152-mm/45 (5 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40° |
Anti-Aircraft | 8 x 102-mm (8 x 1) QF 4"/45 Mk. V 1 x 76-mm (1 x 1) QF 13-pdr Mk. III 4 x 47-mm (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss | 8 x 102-mm (8 x 1) QF 4"/45 Mk. V 1 x 76-mm (1 x 1) QF 13-pdr Mk. III 4 x 47-mm (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss | 8 x 102-mm (8 x 1) QF 4"/45 Mk. V 1 x 76-mm (1 x 1) QF 13-pdr Mk. III 4 x 47-mm (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss | 1 x 76-mm (1 x 1) QF 13-pdr Mk. III 2 x 76-mm (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 4 x 47-mm (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss | 2 x 76-mm (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 4 x 47-mm (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss | 2 x 76-mm (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 4 x 47-mm (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss 2 x 40-mm (2 x 1) QF 2-pdr Mk. II | 2 x 76-mm (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 4 x 47-mm (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss 2 x 40-mm (2 x 1) QF 2-pdr Mk. II |
Torpedo tubes | 4 x 533-mm (2 x 2) | 2 x 533-mm (2 x 1) | 2 x 533-mm (2 x 1) | 2 x 533-mm (2 x 1) | 8 x 533-mm (4 x 2) | 8 x 533-mm (4 x 2) | 8 x 533-mm (4 x 2) |
Broadside | 91 kg | 91 kg | 91 kg | 227 kg | 227 kg | 227 kg | 227 kg |
Armor | |||||||
Belt | 25 - 76 mm | 38 - 102 mm | 38 - 76 mm | 32 - 76 mm | 32 - 76 mm | 38 - 76 mm | 38 - 76 mm |
Deck | 25 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm |
Gun turret | 102 mm | 102 mm | 102 mm | 102 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm |
Conning tower | 152 mm | 152 mm | 152 mm | 152 mm | 152 mm | 76 mm | 76 mm |
Production | |||||||
Built | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Total | 28 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Caroline: | |||||||||
Caroline | Cammell Laird | 28/01/1914 | 29/09/1914 | 04/12/1914 | 02/1922 | Preserved | |||
Carysfort | Hawthorn Leslie | 25/02/1914 | 14/11/1914 | 06/1915 | 04/1931 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Cleopatra | Cammell Laird | 26/02/1914 | 14/01/1915 | 06/1915 | 03/1931 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Comus | Swan Hunter | 03/11/1913 | 16/12/1914 | 05/1915 | 12/1933 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Conquest | Scotts | 03/03/1914 | 20/01/1915 | 06/1915 | 1930 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Cordelia | Pembroke DYd | 21/07/1913 | 23/02/1914 | 01/1915 | 12/1922 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Calliope: | |||||||||
Calliope | Chatham DYd | 01/01/1914 | 17/12/1914 | 06/1915 | 01/1930 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Champion | Hawthorn Leslie | 09/03/1914 | 29/05/1915 | 20/12/1915 | 12/1933 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Cambrian: | |||||||||
Cambrian | Pembroke DYd | 08/12/1914 | 03/03/1916 | 05/1916 | 07/1933 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Canterbury | John Brown | 14/10/1914 | 21/12/1915 | 05/1916 | 12/1933 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Castor | Cammell Laird | 28/10/1914 | 28/07/1915 | 11/1915 | 05/1935 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Constance | Cammell Laird | 25/01/1915 | 12/09/1915 | 01/1916 | 03/1931 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Centaur: | |||||||||
Centaur | Vickers | 24/01/1915 | 06/01/1916 | 08/1916 | 03/1932 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Concord | Vickers | 01/02/1915 | 01/02/1915 | 12/1916 | 01/1933 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Caledon: | |||||||||
Caledon | I53 | Cammell Laird | 17/03/1916 | 25/11/1916 | 06/03/1917 | 04/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Calypso † | I61 | Hawthorn Leslie | 07/02/1916 | 24/01/1917 | 21/06/1917 | 12/06/1940 | † | Loss by submarine | |
Caradoc | I60 | Scotts | 21/02/1916 | 23/12/1916 | 15/06/1917 | 04/1944 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Cassandra † | Vickers | 03/1916 | 25/11/1916 | 06/1917 | 05/12/1918 | † | Loss by mine | ||
Ceres: | |||||||||
Cardiff | I58 | Fairfield | 22/07/1916 | 12/04/1917 | 25/06/1917 | 03/09/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Ceres | I59 | John Brown | 11/07/1916 | 24/03/1917 | 01/06/1917 | 10/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Coventry † | I43 | Swan Hunter | 04/08/1916 | 06/07/1917 | 21/02/1918 | 14/09/1942 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
Curacoa † | I41 | Pembroke DYd | 07/1916 | 05/05/1917 | 18/02/1918 | 02/10/1942 | † | Loss in collision | |
Curlew † | I42 | Vickers | 21/08/1916 | 05/07/1917 | 14/12/1917 | 26/05/1940 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
Carlisle: | |||||||||
Cairo † | I87 | Cammell Laird | 28/11/1917 | 19/11/1918 | 23/09/1919 | 12/08/1942 | † | Loss by submarine | |
Calcutta † | I82 | Vickers | 18/10/1917 | 09/07/1918 | 28/08/1919 | 01/06/1941 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
Capetown | I88 | Cammell Laird | 23/02/1918 | 17/06/1919 | 28/02/1922 | 10/1944 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Carlisle † | I67 | Fairfield | 02/10/1917 | 09/07/1918 | 11/11/1918 | 09/10/1943 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
Colombo | I89 | Fairfield | 08/12/1917 | 18/12/1918 | 18/06/1919 | 06/1945 | Sold/Scrapped |