HMS Carlisle (D67)

	In wartime camouflage, 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	Carlisle
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down	2 October 1917
Launched	9 July 1918
Commissioned	11 November 1918
Reclassified	Converted to anti-aircraft ship in 1940; Base ship in Alexandria, March 1944; Hulk at Alexandria 1948;
Identification	Pennant number: 41 (Nov 18); 67 (Nov 19); I.67(1936); D.67 (1940)
Fate	CTL 1943, broken up at Alexandria, 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4290 long tons
Length	451.4 ft (137.6 m)
Beam	43.9 ft (13.4 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	Parsons geared turbines; 2 × propellers;
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	carried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement	330-350
Armament	5 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns; 4 × 3-pounder guns; 2 × 2-pounder pom-poms; 1 × machine gun; 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	3in side (amidships); 2¼-1½in side (bows); 2in side (stern); 1in upper decks (amidships); 1in deck over rudder;

HMS Carlisle was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English city of Carlisle. She was the name ship of the Carlisle group of the C-class of cruisers. Carlisle was credited with shooting down eleven Axis aircraft during the Second World War and was the top scoring anti-aircraft ship in the Royal Navy.^[3]

^ Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 49.
^ Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940". Warship International. 61 (2): 134–66.
^ Navweapons British 4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF HA Marks XVI, XVII, XVIII and XXI

[1] Colledge, J J (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 49.

[2] Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940". Warship International. 61 (2): 134–66.

[3] Navweapons British 4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF HA Marks XVI, XVII, XVIII and XXI

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