HMS Phoebe (43)

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Phoebe at anchor on completion
History
United Kingdom
Name	Phoebe
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Govan, Scotland)
Laid down	2 September 1937
Launched	25 March 1939
Commissioned	27 September 1940
Decommissioned	14 March 1953
Out of service	14 March 1951
Identification	Pennant number 43
Fate	Scrapped, 1 August 1956
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Dido-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,600 tons standard 6,850 tons full load
Length	485 ft (148 m) pp 512 ft (156 m) oa
Beam	50.5 ft (15.4 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers 62,000 shp (46 MW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	2,414 km (1,500 miles) at 30 knots 6,824 km (4,240 miles) at 16 knots
Complement	480
Armament	8 (4x2) 5.25-inch (133 mm) guns, 1 x 4.0 in (102 mm) gun, 8 (2x4) 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns 12 (3x4) 2-pounder (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns 6 (2x3) 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 3 inch, Deck: 1 inch, Magazines: 2 inch, Bulkheads: 1 inch.

HMS Phoebe was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Govan, Scotland), her keel was laid down on 2 September 1937. She was launched on 25 March 1939, and commissioned on 30 September 1940.