HMS Curlew (D42)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Curlew
Builder	Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness
Laid down	21 August 1916
Launched	5 July 1917
Commissioned	14 December 1917
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 26 May 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,190 long tons (4,257 t)
Length	425 ft (129.5 m) p/p; 450 ft (137.2 m) o/a;
Beam	43 ft (13.1 m)
Draught	14 ft 8 in (4.47 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	460
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 Curlew was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was part of the Ceres sub-class of the C class. The ship survived World War I to be sunk by German aircraft during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940.

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