The Carlisle Class
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HMS Carlisle |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Carlisle |
| Completed: | Five |
| Lost: | Two |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | C class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4200 tons (standard) 5300 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 452 ft (138 m) overall |
| Beam: | 43.5 ft (13.3 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Parsons (Brown-Curtis in Colombo & Carlisle) geared turbines 6 boilers 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 29.5 knots (55 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,900 nautical miles (10,930 km) at 10 knots (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 334 |
| Armament: |
Capetown & Colombo: |
| Armour: | machinery spaces: 3 inch sides magazines: 2ΒΌ inch sides deck: 1 inch |
The Carlisle class were ordered in June and July 1917 under the War Emergency Programme, and commissioned between 1918 and 1922. They differed from the previous sub-class, with the addition of a "trawler bow" which raised the bow higher, as well as having no conning towers. They had an armament of five 6-inch (152 mm) guns in single turrets, while their secondary armament consisted of two 3-inch (76 mm) guns, four 3 pounder guns and two 2 pounder guns.
All ships of the class, except Colombo and Capetown, were converted into AA cruisers in 1939, although Capetown received 6 20 mm guns and radar. Their main armament consisted of eight 4-inch (102 mm) guns in four twin turrets with varying numbers of 20 mm Oerlikon guns being added. Colombo was finally converted to an AA cruiser in 1942, with its armament consisting of eight 4-inch (102 mm) guns and six 20 mm Oerlikons.
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