Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Light cruiser D67

HMS Carlisle (D67)

C-class cruiser light cruiser

HMS Carlisle (D67)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 5448 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — D67 Royal Navy C-class light cruiser HMS Carlisle at anchor in Plymouth Sound

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Carlisle11 November 1918 — 19431,579 days of the war
C-class cruiser light cruiser Particulars
Name
HMS Carlisle
Pennant / hull number
D67
Builder
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down
2 October 1917
Launched
9 July 1918
Commissioned
11 November 1918
Fate
CTL 1943, broken up at Alexandria, 1948 (1943)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
4,290 long tons (4,359 t)
Length
137.59 m (451.4 ft)
Beam
13.38 m (43.9 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
29 knots (53.7 km/h, 33.4 mph)
Complement
330
Main gun
152 mm (6 in)

HMS Carlisle was a C-class cruiser light cruiser in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number D67. Her keel was laid at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on 2 October 1917. Launched on 9 July 1918, she entered service on 11 November 1918.

Her class ran to 40 ships. The class followed the W and Z-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Weapon-class destroyer.

She displaced 4,290 long tons. She measured 137.6 m (451 ft) long with a beam of 13.4 m (44 ft). Her designed speed was 29 knots, and she carried a complement of 330.

Her main battery was five 152 mm (6 in) guns. Her machinery developed 40,000 shp.

She was in commission for 1,579 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1943.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × propellers; geared steam turbines
Power
  • Yarrow boilers
  • 40000 shp
Armament
  • 5 × 6 in guns
  • 2 × 3 in anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 2 × 2-pounder pom-poms
  • 1 × machine gun
  • 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour
  • 3in side (amidships)
  • 2¼-1½in side (bows)
  • 2in side (stern)
  • 1in upper decks (amidships)
  • 1in deck over rudder

Sister ships

15 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Carlisle (D67) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 5448 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons