HMS Calliope (1914)

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Crown Colony class
HMS Calliope
General Characteristics
Displacement:	3,759
Length:	446 ft
Beam:	41 ft 6 in
Draught:	16 ft
Armament:	4 × 6", 2 × 3" aa, Four 6 inch (152 mm) Two 3 inch AA Two 21 inch (533 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
Propulsion:	8 Yarrow boilers. Parsons turbines. Oil fuel. 30,917 shp
Speed:	28 kt
Range:
Complement:	324

HMS Calliope was a British C class light cruiser of the Royal Navy under construction at the outbreak of World War I.

Both Calliope and her sister ship Champion were based on HMS Caroline. They were effectively test ships for the use of geared turbines which resulted in the one less funnel. They also received slightly thicker armour. They led into the first of the Cambrian subclass.

Calliope was built at HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. She was laid down in January, 1914, launched on 17 December 1914, and completed in June 1915. She was one five ships in the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. She survived the war but was badly damaged by a fuel oil fire while at sea in November 1919. She was not scrapped unitl 1931.