Name: | COMUS |
Type: | Cruiser |
Keel: | 03/11/1913 |
Launched: | 16/12/1914 |
Completed: | 05/1915 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 951 |
Dimensions: | 3750disp - 4733disp, 420.0 x 41.5 x 13.5(draft)ft |
Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, DR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 29.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 1 x 6.0ins, 8 x 1 x 4.0ins, 1 x 13pdr guns; 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes; |
(by 1919: 4 x 1 x 6.0ins, 2 x 1 x 3.0ins AA guns; 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes) | |
History: | |
05/1915 | British Royal Navy |
28/07/1934 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the Caroline sub class of the C Class of light cruisers |
28/07/1934: Sold to TW Ward Ltd for breaking up at Barrow |
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