HMS Comus (1914)

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

Comus at Wallsend shipyard
History
United Kingdom
NameComus
NamesakeComus
BuilderSwan Hunter, Wallsend
Laid down13 November 1913
Launched16 December 1914
CompletedMay 1915
Commissioned15 May 1915
DecommissionedDecember 1924
RecommissionedSeptember 1925
DecommissionedDecember 1933
IdentificationPennant number: 5C (1914); A7 (Mar 16); 45 (Jan 18);[1] 02 (Apr 18); 70 (Nov 19)[2]
FateSold for scrap, 28 July 1934[3]
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeC-class light cruiser
Displacement4,219 long tons (4,287 t)
Length446 ft (135.9 m) (o/a)
Beam41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught16 ft (4.9 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement301
Armament
Armour

The fourth HMS Comus was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service in World War I. She was part of the Caroline group of the C class.

  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.
  3. ^ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1918, p. 47.