HMS Cassandra (1916)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Cassandra |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness |
| Laid down: | March 1916 |
| Launched: | November 25, 1916 |
| Commissioned: | June 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk December 5, 1918 by mine in Gulf of Finland |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 4,190 tons |
| Length: | 450 ft (140 m) |
| Beam: | 43.6 ft (13.3 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two Brown-Curtis geared turbines Six Yarrow boilers Two screws 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 29 knots |
| Range: | carried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 327 |
| Armament: | 5 × 6 inch (152 mm) guns 2 × 3 inch (76 mm) guns 2 × 2 pounder (907g) guns 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 3 inch side (amidships) 2¼-1½ inch side (bows) 2 inch side (stern) 1 inch upper decks (amidships) 1 inch deck over rudder |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cassandra.
HMS Cassandra was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was part of the Caledon group of the C-class of cruisers.
She was built by Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness and laid down in March 1916, launched on November 25, 1916 and commissioned into the Navy in June 1917.
She had a short career, and initially joined the 6th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. She suffered a mishap when she ran aground on Fair Isle on 15 August 1917 but was successfully salvaged. Despite this she survived the war, and was sent into the Baltic to operate against the Bolsheviks. On 5 December 1918 she ran into an uncharted German minefield. She struck a mine and sank in Gulf of Finland.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
- Ships of the Caledon class
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