| Career | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Cleopatra |
| Builder: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 26 February 1914 |
| Launched: | 14 January 1915 |
| Commissioned: | June 1915 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 26 June 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Nominal:3,750 tons Loaded: 4,219 tons Deep: 4,733 tons |
| Length: | 420 ft (130 m) (446 ft (136 m) overall) |
| Beam: | 41.5 ft (12.6 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft (5 m) maximum. |
| Propulsion: | 4 shaft Parsons turbines Power: 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots (53 km/h) |
| Range: | carried 405 tons (772 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 325 |
| Armament: | As built:
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| Armour: | Belt: 3 to 1 in Decks: 1 inch |
HMS Cleopatra was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the Caroline group of the C-class of cruisers.
She was laid down in February 1914, launched 14 January 1915 and commissioned into the navy in June 1915. On the outbreak of war she was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, Harwich Force, guarding the eastern approaches to the English Channel. On the night of the 23 to the 24th of March 1916 Cleopatra rammed and sunk the German destroyer G 194, but was subsequently damaged in a collision with HMS Undaunted. On 4 August 1916 Cleopatra struck a mine off the Belgian coast and had to be repaired. After repairs, she was assigned to the 7th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet in 1918. She survived the war, but was considered obsolete before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold for scrap on 26 June 1931 to Hughes Bolckow, of Blyth.
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