HMS Cleopatra (33)

Cleopatra at anchor in the Clyde, April 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cleopatra
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company, (Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK)
Laid down	5 January 1939
Launched	27 March 1940
Commissioned	5 December 1941
Decommissioned	15 February 1953
Identification	Pennant number: 33
Fate	Scrapped, 15 December 1958
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Dido-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,600 long tons (5,700 t) (standard) 6,850 long tons (6,960 t) (full load)
Length	485 ft (148 m) p.p. 512 ft (156 m) o/a
Beam	50 ft 6 in (15.39 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	62,000 shp (46,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons geared steam turbines 4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 4 × shafts
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	1,500 miles (2,400 km; 1,300 nmi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) 4,240 mi (6,820 km; 3,680 nmi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	480
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Surface 274 Target Indicator 293 Surface DC 284 Anti Aircraft DC 285(3) Air Warning 281B
Armament	10 × 5.25 in (133 mm) dual purpose guns, 2 × 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom guns, 2 × quad 2 pdr (40 mm) pom-pom guns, 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes.
Armour	Belt: 3 in (7.6 cm) Deck: 1 in (2.5 cm) Magazines: 2 in (5.1 cm) Bulkheads: 1 in (2.5 cm)

HMS Cleopatra was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited (Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK), with the keel being laid down on 5 January 1939. She was launched on 27 March 1940, and commissioned on 5 December 1941.