C-class class @ The World Wars.net


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	446 ft	446 ft	446 ft	446 ft	450 ft	450 ft	451 ft
Beam	41 ft	41 ft	41 ft	42 ft	43 ft	44 ft	44 ft
Draught	16 ft	15 ft	15 ft	13 ft	16 ft	15 ft	15 ft
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	29 kt	30 kt	29 kt	29 kt	29 kt	29 kt	29 kt
Range	5,900 nmi @ 10 kn	2,000 nmi @ 28 kn	5,900 nmi @ 10 kn	2,000 nmi @ 28 kn	5,900 nmi @ 10 kn	5,900 nmi @ 10 kn	5,900 nmi @ 10 kn
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 6-in/45 (6 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40°	2 x 6-in/45 (6 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40°	2 x 6-in/45 (2 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40°	5 x 6-in/45 (5 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40°	5 x 6-in/45 (5 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40°	5 x 6-in/45 (5 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40°	5 x 6-in/45 (5 x 1) BL 6"/45 Mk. XII -5° / +40°
Anti-Aircraft	8 x 4-in (8 x 1) QF 4"/45 Mk. V 1 x 3-in (1 x 1) QF 13-pdr Mk. III 4 x 1.9-in (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss	8 x 4-in (8 x 1) QF 4"/45 Mk. V 1 x 3-in (1 x 1) QF 13-pdr Mk. III 4 x 1.9-in (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss	8 x 4-in (8 x 1) QF 4"/45 Mk. V 1 x 3-in (1 x 1) QF 13-pdr Mk. III 4 x 1.9-in (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss	1 x 3-in (1 x 1) QF 13-pdr Mk. III 2 x 3-in (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 4 x 1.9-in (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss	2 x 3-in (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 4 x 1.9-in (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss	2 x 3-in (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 4 x 1.9-in (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss 2 x 1.6-in (2 x 1) QF 2-pdr Mk. II	2 x 3-in (2 x 1) QF 3-in 20 cwt 4 x 1.9-in (4 x 1) QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss 2 x 1.6-in (2 x 1) QF 2-pdr Mk. II
Torpedo tubes	4 x 21-in (2 x 2)	2 x 21-in (2 x 1)	2 x 21-in (2 x 1)	2 x 21-in (2 x 1)	8 x 21-in (4 x 2)	8 x 21-in (4 x 2)	8 x 21-in (4 x 2)
Broadside	200 lbs	200 lbs	200 lbs	500 lbs	500 lbs	500 lbs	500 lbs
Armor
Belt	1 - 3 in	2 - 4 in	2 - 3 in	1 - 3 in	1 - 3 in	2 - 3 in	2 - 3 in
Deck	1 in	1 in	1 in	1 in	1 in	1 in	1 in
Gun turret	4 in	4 in	4 in	4 in	1 in	1 in	1 in
Conning tower	6 in	6 in	6 in	6 in	6 in	3 in	3 in
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

Light Cruiser (1914)

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