CALLIOPE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Light cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

C class

Grouping

4th Light Cruiser Squadron, leader Calliope (Le Mesurier)

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Chatham Dockyard

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

01.01.1914

Launch Date

17.12.1914

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

1914

Year launched

114

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Public Domain. Photographer not identified - This is photograph SP 1375 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-01)

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

Hit numerous times by SMS Kaiser and SMS Markgraf

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Commodore Charles E. Le Mesurier

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

324

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

10

Wounded

29

Prisoners

39

Displacement full Load (tons)

3,750

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

446'

Length (mtrs)

136

Beam (ft)

41' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

12.6

Draught (ft)

14' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

4.4

Max. Speed (knots)

28.5

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

Four shafts powered by two Parsons turbines and eight Yarrow boilers rated at 37,500 shp.

Armour Main Belt

4" midships (100 mm)

Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 6" L/40 Mk XIII guns,

Guns (No.barrels) 2

4

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

QF 3" 20 cwt AA gun, one machine gun

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

4 more tubes added in 1919

References & sources

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