HMS Calcutta (D82)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Calcutta
Builder	Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	18 October 1917
Launched	9 July 1918
Commissioned	28 August 1919
Reclassified	Converted to anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939
Fate	Sunk 1 June 1941 by air attack off Alexandria, Egypt
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,290 long tons (4,360 t) standard; 5,250 long tons (5,330 t) deep load;
Length	451 ft 6 in (137.62 m) oa; 425 ft (130 m) pp;
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Draught	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
Propulsion	Parsons geared turbines; Yarrow boilers; Two propellers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	Carried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement	330–350
Armament	5 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns; 4 × 3-pounder guns; 2 × 2-pounder pom-poms; 1 × machine gun; 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	3 in (76 mm) side (amidships); 2+1⁄4–1+1⁄2 in (57–38 mm) side (bows); 2 in (51 mm) side (stern); 1 in (25 mm) upper decks (amidships); 1 in (25 mm) deck over rudder;

HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class of cruisers. She was laid down by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness in 1917 and launched on 9 July 1918. Calcutta was commissioned too late to see action in the First World War and was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939. Calcutta served during the Norwegian Campaign and the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940. She was used to escort allied convoys across the Mediterranean and was sunk on 1 June 1941 by Luftwaffe aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt.

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