HMS Colombo (D89)

	As an anti-aircraft ship, July 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Colombo
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down	8 December 1917
Launched	18 December 1918
Commissioned	18 June 1919
Refit	Converted into anti-aircraft cruiser, June 1942 – March 1943
Fate	Sold for scrap, 22 January 1948
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,290 long tons (4,359 t)
Length	425 ft (129.5 m) p/p; 451 ft 6 in (137.6 m) o/a;
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Draught	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW); 6 × Yarrow boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	432
Armament	5 × single BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns; 2 × single QF 3 in (76 mm) 20-cwt anti-aircraft guns; 4 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 1.25–3 in (32–76 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm); Conning tower: 3 in;

HMS Colombo was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was part of the Carlisle sub-class of the C class. She survived both world wars to be scrapped in 1948.

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