HMS Conquest (1915)

	Conquest during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name	Conquest
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	3 March 1914
Launched	20 January 1915
Completed	June 1915
Commissioned	June 1915
Decommissioned	13 July 1918
Recommissioned	February 1922
Decommissioned	1930
Fate	Sold for scrap, 29 August 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,382 long tons (4,452 t) (normal)
Length	446 ft (135.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m) (mean)
Installed power	8 × Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range	3,680 nmi (6,820 km; 4,230 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	301
Armament	2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 8 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns; 1 × single 6 pdr (2.2 in (57 mm)) AA gun; 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm); Conning tower: 6 in;

HMS Conquest was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. She was part of the Caroline group of the C class.

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