HMS Coventry (D43)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Coventry
Builder	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne
Laid down	4 August 1916
Launched	6 July 1917
Commissioned	21 February 1918
Reclassified	Converted to anti-aircraft cruiser before the Second World War
Fate	Damaged and scuttled 14 September 1942
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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;
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	carried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement	327
Armament	(as built):; 5 × 6-inch (152 mm) (152 mm) guns; 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) (76 mm) guns; 2 × 2-pounder (40 mm) guns; 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; (At outbreak of World War 2):; 10 × 4-inch (102 mm) (102 mm) guns on high-angle mounts; 1 × octuple QF 2-pdr (1.6 in (40 mm)) AA guns; 8 × 12.7mm machine guns on two quad mounts;
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 Coventry was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English city of Coventry. She was part of the Ceres group of the C-class of cruisers.

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