| Name: | COVENTRY |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 04/08/1916 |
| Launched: | 06/07/1917 |
| Completed: | 08/02/1918 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1035 |
| Dimensions: | 4190disp - 5150disp, 425.0 x 43.0 x 14.25(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Brown-Curtis type, 40,000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 29.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 1 x 6.0ins, 2 x 1 x 3.0ins, 2 x 2pdr guns; 4 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes; |
| (1935: 10 x 1 x 4.0ins AA guns) | |
| History: | |
| 08/02/1918 | British Royal Navy |
| 14/09/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the Ceres sub class of the C Class of light cruisers |
| 04/08/1916: Laid down as CORSAIR, renamed during 1916 | |
| 1935: Converted to a prototype anti-aircraft cruiser | |
| 12/1940: Lost part of bow to a torpedo from Italian submarine NAIAD | |
| 1941: Lost replacement bow structure during sea trials | |
| 14/09/1942: Bombed by Italian aircraft off Tobruk. 63 crew died | |
| Scuttled by HMS ZULU |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo, showing conversion to anti-aircraft cruiser, is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above: COVENTRY burning off Tobruk. Photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum, NF Hurst collection