HMS Constance (1915)

	Constance departing Devonport in March 1919
History
United Kingdom
Name	Constance
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	25 January 1915
Launched	12 September 1915
Completed	January 1916
Commissioned	January 1916
Decommissioned	March 1931
Fate	Sold 8 June 1936 for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	3,750 tons
Length	446 ft (136 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 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	323
Armament	4 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 1 × 4-inch (102 mm) gun; 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) guns; 2 × 2-pounder (907g) guns; 4 × 21 inch (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 Constance was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service in World War I. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C class.

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