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
Fate	Sunk on 5 December 1918 by mine near Saaremaa (Oesel) isle
General characteristics
Class and 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	Two Brown-Curtis geared turbines; Six 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	327
Armament	5 × BL 6 in (150 mm) Mk XII guns; 2 × QF 3-inch 20 cwt AA guns; 2 × QF 2-pounder guns; 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	3 inch side (amidships); 2¼-1½ inch side (bows); 2 inch side (stern); 1 inch upper decks (amidships); 1 inch deck over rudder;

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.

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