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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Curlew |
Builder | Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness |
Laid down | 21 August 1916 |
Launched | 5 July 1917 |
Commissioned | 14 December 1917 |
Identification | Pennant number: 80 (Aug 17); 3C (Jan 18);[1] 48 (Apr 18); 42 (Nov 19); I.42 (1936); D.42 (1940)[2] |
Fate | Sunk by air attack, 26 May 1940 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | C-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 4,190 long tons (4,257 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 43 ft (13.1 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Complement | 460 |
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HMS Curlew was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was part of the Ceres sub-class of the C class. The ship survived World War I to be sunk by German aircraft during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940.
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