H.M.S. Curlew
I.42
1939
(Neptun 1149b)
- Class: Ceres - 5 cruisers of 1915-16
- Displacement: 4,190 tons
- Dimensions: 425 (pp) 451.5 (oa) x 43.5 x 14.25 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, SHP 40,000 = 29 knots
- Armor: Main belt 1.5in-2in-2.25in (fwd), 3in (amid), 2.25in-2in (aft), deck 1in
- Armament: 10-4in AA (10x1), 8-2pdr AA (1x8) guns
- Complement: 400
- Builder: Armstrong Whitworth (Walker)
- Laid Down: 21 Aug 1916
- Launched: 5 Jul 1917
- Completed: 14 Dec 1917
- Notes: Originally carried 5-6" guns and 8-21" T.T. during World War I like sister Cardiff. Converted to AA cruiser configuration 1935 with ten single 4" on high-angle mounts and two octuple 2 pdr mounts, but shortages required after 2 pdr mount be removed for installation elsewhere in 1939.
- Service: Home fleet 1939-40. Sunk by German aircraft of KG100 off Skaanland on 26 May 1940, during the Norwegian campaign.
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