INS Delhi (C74)

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The ship when serving as HMNZS Achilles
History
India
Name	INS Delhi C74 [1]
Namesake	Delhi
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	11 June 1931
Launched	1 September 1932
Acquired	by purchase, 1948
Commissioned	5 July 1948
Decommissioned	30 June 1978
Identification	Pennant number: C74
Fate	Scrapped, 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class light cruiser
Displacement	7,270 long tons (7,387 t) standard 9,740 long tons (9,896 t) full load (Oct 1945)
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.32 m)
Beam	56 ft (17 m)
Draught	19 ft 2 in (5.84 m)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons geared steam turbines 6 × Yarrow boilers 4 shafts 73,280 shp (55 MW)
Speed	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	5,730 nmi (10,610 km) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Armament	Original configuration: 8 × BL 6 in Mk.XXIII (152 mm L/50) guns, twin turrets Mk.XXI[2][3] 4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm L/45) guns, single mounts HA Mk.IV 12 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III Vickers (12.7 mm) machine guns, quad mounts Mk.I 8 (2×4) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo Mk.IX
Armour	3 in (76 mm) magazine box 1 in (25 mm) deck 1 in (25 mm) turrets

INS Delhi was a Leander-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in 1933 as HMS Achilles, and commissioned into the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy (from 1941 the Royal New Zealand Navy) in 1937 as HMNZS Achilles. She was returned to the Royal Navy at the end of the Second World War and in 1948 was sold to the Royal Indian Navy to be recommissioned as HMIS Delhi. In 1950 she was renamed INS Delhi and remained in service until decommissioned at Bombay on 30 June 1978.