HMS Calliope (1914)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Calliope
NamesakeCalliope
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down1 January 1914
Launched17 December 1914
CommissionedJune 1915
IdentificationPennant number: 76 (1914); 23 (Jan 18);[1] 78 (Apr 18); 80 (Nov 19)[2]
Honours and
awards		Jutland 1916
FateSold for scrap 28 August 1931
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class light cruiser
Displacement3,750 tons (3,810 t)
Length446 ft (136 m)
Beam41.5 ft (12.6 m)
Draught14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion
  • Two Parsons turbines
  • Eight Yarrow boilers
  • Four propellers
  • 37,500 shp
Speed28.5 knots (53 km/h)
Rangecarried 405 tons (772 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement324
Armament
Armour
  • 4 inches (100 mm) side (amidships)
  • 2.25–1.5 inches (57–38 mm) side (bows)
  • 2.5–2 inches (64–51 mm) side (stern)
  • 1 inch (25 mm) upper decks (amidships)
  • 1 inch (25 mm) deck over rudder

HMS Calliope was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy under construction at the outbreak of the First World War. Both Calliope and her sister ship Champion were based on the earlier cruiser Caroline. They were effectively test ships for the use of geared turbines which resulted in the one less funnel. They also received slightly thicker armour. They led into the first of the Cambrian subclass.

  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.