HMS Curlew

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.

The Ceres sub-class was redesigned to move one of the amidships guns to a superfiring position in front of the bridge to improve its arcs of fire. This required moving the bridge and tripod mast further aft and rearranging the compartments forward of the aft boiler room. The ships were 450 feet 6 inches long overall, with a beam of 43 feet and a mean draught of 14 feet 8 inches . Displacement was 4,190 long tons at normal and 5,020 long tons at deep load. Curlew was powered by two Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, which produced a total of 40,000 indicated horsepower . The turbines used steam generated by six Yarrow boilers which gave her a speed of about 29 knots . She carried 935 long tons tons of fuel oil. The ship had a crew of about 460 officers and other ranks.

Meer informatie

Reacties Statistieken

| | Publiek | Duits • Frans • Italiaans