CASTOR

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Light Cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

C class

Grouping

11th Destroyer Flotilla

Command

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Builder's Yard

Cammel Laird

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

28.10.1914

Launch Date

28.07.1915

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

1915 (Nov)

Commission Year

1915 (Nov)

Pennant No

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Photo Details

Public Domain. Oscar Parkes - This is photograph SP 2750 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

Sold 1936 for scrap

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Commodore (F) James R. P. Hawksley, M.V.O.

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

323

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

13

Wounded

26

Prisoners

39

Displacement full Load (tons)

3,6750

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)

15'

Draught (mtrs)

4.6

Max. Speed (knots)

28.5

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

841tons max fuel oil

Propulsion

Fur shaft, 2 Parsons steam turbines run off 8 oil fired Yarrow boilers. Rated at 40,000 shp

Armour Main Belt

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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" (152.4 mm) Mk XII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

4

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

One QF 4" (101.6 mm) Mk V gun, one 3 pdr, two QF 2 pdr guns

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

4

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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