HMS Carysfort (1914)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Carysfort.

Carysfort at anchor, 1920s
History
United Kingdom
NameCarysfort
NamesakeEarl of Carysfort
OrderedJuly–August 1913
Builder
Laid down25 February 1914
Launched14 November 1914
CompletedJune 1915
DecommissionedSeptember 1923
RecommissionedSeptember 1924
DecommissionedApril 1931
IdentificationPennant number: 88 (1914); 31 (Jan 18);[1] 22 (Apr 18); 64 (Nov 19)[2]
FateSold for scrap, August 1931
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeC-class light cruiser
Displacement4,219 long tons (4,287 t)
Length446 ft (135.9 m) (o/a)
Beam41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught16 ft (4.9 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range3,680 nmi (6,820 km; 4,230 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement301
Armament
Armour

HMS Carysfort was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was one of six ships of the Caroline sub-class and was completed in 1915. Assigned to the Grand Fleet, the Harwich Force, and the Dover Patrol during the war, the ship served as a flagship for part of the war. Her only known combat was a short battle against German torpedo boats in the English Channel, although she was very active patrolling the North Sea and unsuccessfully searching for German ships. Carysfort was assigned to the Home and Atlantic Fleets after the war and was sent to the Mediterranean Fleet during the Chanak Crisis of 1922–23 to support British interests in Turkey. In 1922, she patrolled off the Irish coast during the Irish Civil War. The ship was placed in reserve after returning home in 1923 and, aside from ferrying troops overseas, remained in reserve until she was sold for scrap in 1931.

  1. ^ Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 47.
  2. ^ Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940". Warship International. 61 (2): 134–66.