HMS Bermuda (52)

Bermuda in 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	Bermuda
Namesake	Bermuda
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	568
Laid down	30 November 1939
Launched	11 September 1941
Commissioned	21 August 1942
Decommissioned	1962
Identification	Pennant number 52
Fate	Scrapped, 26 August 1965
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Fiji-class light cruiser
Displacement	8,631 long tons (8,770 t) (standard)
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.3 m)
Beam	62 ft (18.9 m)
Draught	19 ft 10 in (6 m)
Installed power	4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbine sets
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	6,250 nmi (11,580 km; 7,190 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	733 (peacetime), 900 (wartime)
Armament	4 × triple 6 in (152 mm) guns 4 × twin 4 in (102 mm) DP guns 2 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 10 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Engine and boiler rooms: 3.25 in (83 mm) Decks: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm) Magazines: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm) Gun turrets: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
Aircraft carried	2 × seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult, 2 × hangars

HMS Bermuda (pennant number 52, later C52) was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was completed during World War II and served in that conflict. She was named for the British territory of Bermuda, and was the eighth vessel of that name.

Bermuda was built by John Brown & Company of Clydebank and launched on 11 September 1941. In the same year, the lead ship of the class, Fiji, was sunk while participating in the evacuation of Crete.