| Name: | DELHI |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 29/10/1917 |
| Launched: | 23/08/1918 |
| Completed: | 07/06/1919 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 937 |
| Dimensions: | 4850disp - 5925disp, 445.0 x 46.5 x 14.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 29.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 1 x 6.0ins, 3 x 1 x 4.0ins, 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns, 4 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| (1941: 5 x 1 x 5.0ins DP, 2 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 2 x 20mm AA, 6 x 1 x 20mm AA guns) | |
| History: | |
| 20/06/1919 | British Royal Navy |
| 22/01/1948 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Danae Class |
| 1941: Refitted at New York & converted to an air defence cruiser with US 5.0ins guns | |
| Fitted with new bridge & tripod masts fore & aft | |
| 20/11/1942: Under air attack whilst under way off Algiers and was hit by a bomb | |
| on the quarterdeck which destroyed the whole stern structure | |
| Temporary repairs carried out at Gibraltar | |
| 01/1943: Permanent repairs by Palmers at Hebburn | |
| 22/01/1948: Sold for breaking up | |
| 05/03/1948: Broken up by J Cashmore at Newport |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
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Inspecting the damage at Algiers. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair