HMS Calliope (1914)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Calliope
Namesake	Calliope
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	1 January 1914
Launched	17 December 1914
Commissioned	June 1915
Honours and; awards	Jutland 1916
Fate	Sold for scrap 28 August 1931
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	3,750 tons (3,810 t)
Length	446 ft (136 m)
Beam	41.5 ft (12.6 m)
Draught	14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion	Two Parsons turbines; Eight Yarrow boilers; Four propellers; 37,500 shp;
Speed	28.5 knots (53 km/h)
Range	carried 405 tons (772 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement	324
Armament	4 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk XII guns; 2 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt AA guns; 1 × machine gun; 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (another 4 added in 1919);
Armour	4 inches (100 mm) side (amidships); 2.25–1.5 inches (57–38 mm) side (bows); 2.5–2 inches (64–51 mm) side (stern); 1 inch (25 mm) upper decks (amidships); 1 inch (25 mm) deck over rudder;

HMS Calliope was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy under construction at the outbreak of the First World War. Both Calliope and her sister ship Champion were based on the earlier cruiser Caroline. They were effectively test ships for the use of geared turbines which resulted in the one less funnel. They also received slightly thicker armour. They led into the first of the Cambrian subclass.

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