Sea Weapons

Light Cruiser (1926)

Emerald class

HMS Enterprise (I52)

Preceded by:

Danae (1918)

Succeeded by:

Leander (1933)

Datafile

ClassEmerald
TypeLight Cruiser
Year1926
Crew450
Dimensions
Length173.7 m
Beam16.6 m
Draught5.6 m
Displacement
Empty7,300 t
Loaded9,450 t
Performance
Speed61 km/h
Range14,816 km @ 28 km/h
Machinery
Shafts4
Turbines4 x Geared steam
80,000 hp
Brown-Curtis
Boilers8 x Yarrow
FuelOil: 1,600 t
Armament
Main7 x 152-mm/45 (7 x 1)
BL 6"/45 Mk. XII
-5° / +40°

Anti-Aircraft5 x 102-mm (5 x 1)
QF 4"/45 Mk. V
4 x 47-mm (4 x 1)
QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss
3 x 40-mm (3 x 1)
QF 2-pdr Mk. II
Torpedo tubes12 x 533-mm (4 x 3)
Broadside318 kg
Armor
Belt38 - 76 mm
Deck13 - 25 mm
Gun turret25 mm
Conning tower76 mm
Production
Built2
Total2

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Emerald I66 Armstrong23/09/191819/05/192014/01/192609/1944Sold/Scrapped
Enterprise I52 John Brown28/06/191823/12/191907/04/192616/10/1944Sold/Scrapped
Euphrates Fairfield1918---Cancelled

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