H.M.S. Dido
37
1940
(Neptun 1141)
- Class: Dido (1st group) - 11 cruisers of 1937-39
- Displacement: 5,600 tons
- Dimensions: 485 (pp) 512 (oa) x 50.5 x 14 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 62,000 = 33 knots
- Armor: Main belt 2-3 in., deck 0.5 -1-2 in., turrets 1-2 in., D.C.T. 1 in.
- Armament: 10-5.25 in. D.P. (5x2), 8-2 pdr. A.A. (2x4) guns, 6-21 in. T.T. (2x3)
- Complement: 480
- Builder: Cammell Laird (Birkenhead)
- Laid Down: 20 Oct 1937
- Launched: 18 Jul 1939
- Completed: 30 Sep 1940
- Fate: Sold T. W. Ward 1957, arrived Barrow 16 Jul 1957 for scrapping
- Service: Home fleet 1940-41, Mediterranean fleet 1941-44, Home fleet 1944-45
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