HMS Calypso (D61)

HMS Calypso
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Calypso
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	17 February 1916
Launched	24 January 1917
Commissioned	21 June 1917
Fate	Sunk 12 June 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,120 long tons (4,186 t)[1]
Length	450 ft (140 m)
Beam	42.9 ft (13.1 m)
Draught	14.3 ft (4.4 m)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines 6 × Yarrow boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h)
Capacity	Fuel oil: 300 short tons (270 t) (normal); 935 short tons (848 t) (maximum)
Complement	344
Armament	5 × BL 6 in (150 mm) Mk XII guns, 2 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns, 4 × QF 3-pounder guns, 1 × machine gun, 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Side: 3 in (7.6 cm) (amidships); 1.25–2.25 in (3.2–5.7 cm) (bow); 2–2.5 in (5.1–6.4 cm) (stern) Deck: 1 in (2.5 cm) (upper, amidships); 1 in (2.5 cm) (over rudder)

HMS Calypso (D61) was a C class cruiser of the Caledon sub-class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine Alpino Bagnolini. Calypso was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company. Her keel was laid down in February 1916 and she was completed in June 1917.