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
Length570 ft
Beam54 ft
Draught18 ft
Displacement
Empty7,300 t
Loaded9,450 t
Performance
Speed33 kt
Range8,000 nmi @ 15 kn
Machinery
Shafts4
Turbines4 x Geared steam
80,000 hp
Brown-Curtis
Boilers8 x Yarrow
FuelOil: 1,600 t
Armament
Main7 x 6-in/45 (7 x 1)
BL 6"/45 Mk. XII
-5° / +40°

Anti-Aircraft5 x 4-in (5 x 1)
QF 4"/45 Mk. V
4 x 1.9-in (4 x 1)
QF 3-pdr Mk. I Hotchkiss
3 x 1.6-in (3 x 1)
QF 2-pdr Mk. II
Torpedo tubes12 x 21-in (4 x 3)
Broadside700 lbs
Armor
Belt2 - 3 in
Deck1 - 1 in
Gun turret1 in
Conning tower3 in
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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