HMS Curlew (D42)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Curlew
BuilderVickers Limited, Barrow in Furness
Laid down21 August 1916
Launched5 July 1917
Commissioned14 December 1917
IdentificationPennant number: 80 (Aug 17); 3C (Jan 18);[1] 48 (Apr 18); 42 (Nov 19); I.42 (1936); D.42 (1940)[2]
FateSunk by air attack, 26 May 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeC-class light cruiser
Displacement4,190 long tons (4,257 t)
Length
  • 425 ft (129.5 m) p/p
  • 450 ft (137.2 m) o/a
Beam43 ft (13.1 m)
Draught14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement460
Armament
Armour

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.

  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.


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