HMS Caroline (1914)

HMS Caroline (1914)

Coordinates: 54°36′47″N 5°54′10″W / 54.61306°N 5.90278°W / 54.61306; -5.90278

Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Caroline
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 28 January 1914
Launched: 29 September 1914
Commissioned: 4 December 1914
Decommissioned: 31 March 2011
Motto: Tenax Propositi
Honours and
awards:		 Jutland 1916
Status: "moored in perpetuity" in Belfast
General characteristics
Class & type: C-class light cruiser
Displacement: Nominal: 3,750 tons
Loaded: 4,219 tons
Deep: 4,733 tons
Length: 420 ft (128.0 m) (446 ft (135.9 m) overall)
Beam: 41.5 ft (12.6 m)
Draught: 16 ft (5 m) maximum
Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons turbines
Power: 40,000 shp
Speed: 28.5 knots (53 km/h)
Range: carried 405 tons (772 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement: 325
Armament: As built:
  • 2 × BL 6 in (152 mm) /45 Mk XII guns (2 × 1),
  • 8 × QF 4 in (102 mm) /45 Mk V guns
  • 1 × 6 pounder,
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Later:
  • 4 × 6 in (152 mm) /45 Mk XII
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes.
Armour: Belt: 3 to 1 in
Decks: 1 inch

HMS Caroline is a decommissioned C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. Caroline was launched and commissioned in 1914. At the time of her decommissioning in 2011 she was the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service, after HMS Victory. She served as a static headquarters and training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve, based in Alexandra Dock, Belfast, Northern Ireland for the later stages of her career. She was the last remaining British First World War light cruiser in service, and she remains the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland still afloat.

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