HMS Cassandra (1916)
HMS Cassandra in Copenhagen | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Cassandra |
| Builder | Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness |
| Laid down | March 1916 |
| Launched | 25 November 1916 |
| Commissioned | June 1917 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 3C (Jun 17);32 (Jan 18); 04 (Apr 18); |
| Fate | Sunk on 5 December 1918 by mine near Saaremaa (Oesel) isle |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | C-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | 4,190 tons |
| Length | 450 ft (140 m) |
| Beam | 43.6 ft (13.3 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Range | carried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement | 327 |
| Armament | |
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HMS Cassandra was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the Caledon group of the C class of cruisers. Cassandra had a short career, being commissioned in June 1917 and sunk by a mine during the British intervention in the Russian Civil War on 5 December 1918.
She was built by Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness and laid down in March 1916, launched on 25 November 1916 and commissioned into the Navy in June 1917.