HMS Sirius (82)

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Career
HMS Sirius post-war, properly before going into reserve in 1949 - note post-war colours.
Built By:	Portsmouth Dockyard (Portsmouth, UK): Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland)
Laid down:	6 April 1938
Launched:	18 September 1940
Commissioned:	6 May 1942
Paid off:	1949
Reserve:	In reserve between 1949 to 1956
Fate:	Scrapped, Arrived at Blyth yard of Hughes Bolkow, (Northumberland, UK) in 15 October 1956.
Penant:	82
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) guns, 5 x 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes. Mid 1943 - Late 1943 configuration: 10 x 5.25 in (133 mm) guns, 7 x 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes. Late 1943 - 1945 configuration: 10 x 5.25 in (133 mm) guns, 6 x 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns, 2 x 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors Mk III single 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, 6 823 km (4,240) miles at 16 knots ; 1,100 tons fuel oil
Complement:	480

HMS Sirius was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard (Portsmouth, UK) , with the keel being laid down on 6 April 1938. She was launched on 18 September 1940, and commissioned 6 May 1942.

[edit] History

Sirius's completion was delayed due to German bombing at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was completed at Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland).

On 7 October 1943 Sirius, HMS Penelope and the destroyers HMS Faulknor and HMS Fury, north of Astipalea (Stampalia) in the Dodecanese, attacked a German convoy consisting of the auxiliary submarine chaser Uj 2111 (former Italian Tramaglio), cargo Olympus and 7 MFPs, sinking all but one MFP.

See HMS Sirius for other ships of this name.

Royal Navy

Dido group