HMS Comus (1914)

	Comus at Wallsend shipyard
History
United Kingdom
Name	Comus
Namesake	Comus
Builder	Swan Hunter, Wallsend
Laid down	13 November 1913
Launched	16 December 1914
Completed	May 1915
Commissioned	15 May 1915
Decommissioned	December 1924
Recommissioned	September 1925
Decommissioned	December 1933
Fate	Sold for scrap, 28 July 1934
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,219 long tons (4,287 t)
Length	446 ft (135.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught	16 ft (4.9 m) (mean)
Installed power	8 × Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	301
Armament	2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 8 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns; 1 × single 6 pdr (2.2 in (57 mm)) AA gun; 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm); Conning tower: 6 in;

The fourth HMS Comus was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service in World War I. She was part of the Caroline group of the C class.

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