HMS Castor (1915)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Castor
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	28 October 1914
Launched	28 July 1915
Completed	November 1915
Commissioned	November 1915
Decommissioned	May 1935
Fate	Sold 30 July 1936 for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	3,750 long tons (3,810 t)
Length	446 ft (135.9 m)
Beam	41.5 ft (12.6 m)
Draught	15 ft (4.6 m)
Installed power	8 Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 propellers; 2 steam turbines
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	323
Armament	4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns; 1 × 4 in (102 mm) gun; 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns; 2 × QF 2 pounder guns; 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	3 inch side (amidships); 2¼-1½ inch side (bows); 2½ - 2 inch side (stern); 1 inch upper decks (amidships); 1 inch deck over rudder;

HMS Castor was one of the Cambrian subclass of the C class of light cruisers. She saw service during the First World War and the Russian Civil War.

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