HMS Naiad (93)

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Naiad at anchor in the Firth of Forth, August 1940
History
United Kingdom
Name	Naiad
Namesake	Naiad
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne
Laid down	26 August 1937
Launched	3 February 1939
Commissioned	24 July 1940
Identification	Pennant number: 93
Fate	Sunk by U-565, 11 March 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Dido-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,600 tons standard 6,850 tons full load
Length	485 ft (148 m) pp 512 ft (156 m) oa
Beam	50.5 ft (15.4 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers 62,000 shp (46 MW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	6,824 km (3,685 nmi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Armament	8 x QF 5.25-inch (133 mm) dual guns 1 x 4.0 in (102 mm) gun 2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns 3 x 2-pounder 40 mm pom-poms quad guns 2 x 21 inch (533 mm) triple torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 3 inch, Deck: 1 inch, Magazines: 2 inch, Bulkheads: 1 inch.

HMS Naiad was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy which served in the Second World War. She was sunk in action on 11 March 1942 south of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea.