HMS Cairo (D87)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cairo
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	17 November 1917
Launched	19 November 1918
Commissioned	23 September 1919
Reclassified	Converted to anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939
Identification	Pennant number: 97 (Sep 19);[1] 87 (Nov 19); I.87 (1936); D.87 (1940)[2]
Motto	Kaihara ('Victory')
Honours and awards	Norway 1940 Atlantic 1940-41 Malta Convoys 1942
Fate	Sunk 12 August 1942 by the Italian submarine Axum off Bizerta
Badge	"On a Field Blue, a female Egyptian head proper, habited Black and Silver, upon three wavelets Silver"
General characteristics
Displacement	4,190 tons
Length	451.4 ft (137.6 m)
Beam	43.9 ft (13.4 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	Parsons geared turbines Yarrow boilers Two propellers 40,000 shp
Speed	29 knots
Range	carried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement	330–350
Armament	5 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns 4 × 3-pounder guns 2 × 2-pounder pom-poms 1 × machine gun 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	3in side (amidships) 2+1⁄4–1+1⁄2in side (bows) 2in side (stern) 1in upper decks (amidships) 1in deck over rudder

HMS Cairo (D87) was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Egyptian capital, Cairo. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C-class of cruisers.