HMS Naiad (93)

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Career
HMS Naiad on Malta convoy operations, May 1941
Built By:	Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK)
Laid down:	26 August 1937
Launched:	3 February 1939
Commissioned:	24 July 1940
Fate:	Sunk, 11 March 1942 while seeking a reported damaged Italian cruiser by torpedoes from German submarine U-565, south of Crete (77 lost).
Penant:	93
General Characteristics
Type:	Light (Anti Aircraft) Cruiser
Displacement:	5,600 tons standard 6,850 tons full load
Dimensions:	485 pp, 512 oa x 50.5 × 14 feet (156 × 15.4 × 4.3 m)
Armament:	Original configuration: 10 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns, 2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes. 1941 - 1942 configuration: 10 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns, 5 x 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns, 2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes.
Armour:	Original configuration: Belt: 3 inch, Deck: 1 inch, Magazines: 2 inch, Bulkheads: 1 inch.
Propulsion:	Parsons geared turbines, 4 shafts, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 62,000 shp (46 MW) = 32.25 knots maximum speed
Range:	2,414 km (1,500 miles) at 30 knots, 6,824 (4,240 miles) at 16 knots ; 1,100 tons fuel oil
Complement:	480

HMS Naiad was a Dido class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK), with the keel being laid down on 26 August 1937. She was launched on 3 February 1939, and commissioned 24 July 1940.

Naiad was named after a Greek mythological figure, the Naiad.

See HMS Naiad for other ships of this name.

Royal Navy

Dido group