HMS Spartan (95)

	Spartan newly completed off Barrow-in-Furness, August 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	Spartan
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	21 December 1939
Launched	27 August 1942
Completed	10 August 1943
Commissioned	12 July 1943
Fate	Sunk 29 January 1944
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Dido-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,950 long tons (6,050 t) (standard); 7,200 long tons (7,300 t) (full load);
Length	485 ft (148 m) p.p.; 512 ft (156 m) o/a;
Beam	50 ft 6 in (15.39 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	62,000 shp (46,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons geared turbines; 4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 4 × shafts;
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	1,500 mi (2,400 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph); 4,240 mi (6,820 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph);
Complement	530
Armament	8 × QF 5.25-inch (133 mm) dual purpose guns (4x2); 12 × 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns (3x4); 12 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons (6x2); 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x3);
Armour	Belt: 3 in (7.6 cm); Deck: 1 in (2.5 cm); Magazines: 2 in (5.1 cm); Bulkheads: 1 in (2.5 cm);

HMS Spartan was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only four turrets but improved anti-aircraft armament - also known as Dido Group 2.

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