HMS Edinburgh (16)

	Edinburgh at Scapa Flow in October 1941
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Edinburgh
Builder	Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Laid down	30 December 1936
Launched	31 March 1938
Commissioned	6 July 1939
Identification	Pennant number: 16
Fate	Scuttled after torpedo damage inflicted by German submarine and destroyers, 2 May 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Town-class light cruiser
Displacement	13,175 tons
Length	613.6 ft (187.0 m)
Beam	64.9 ft (19.8 m)
Draught	22.6 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion	Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines; Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 82,500 shp (62 MW);
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	750
Armament	12 × BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns (152 mm) in triple turrets; 12 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk XVI guns; Two octuple mount QF 2 pounder (40 mm) AA guns; 8 × 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Vickers machine guns; 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	Two Walrus aircraft (Removed in the latter part of World War II)

HMS Edinburgh was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, which served during the Second World War. She was one of the last two Town class cruisers, which formed the Edinburgh sub-class. Edinburgh saw a great deal of combat service during the Second World War, especially in the North Sea and the Arctic Sea, where she was sunk by torpedoes in 1942.

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