Sea Weapons

Anti-Aircraft Cruiser (1943)

Bellona class

HMS Spartan (95)

Preceded by:

Dido (1940)

Succeeded by:

Minotaur (1944)

Datafile

ClassBellona
TypeAnti-Aircraft Cruiser
Year1943
Crew530
Dimensions
Length156.1 m (pp)
147.8 m
Beam15.4 m
Draught5.4 m
Displacement
Empty5,950 t
Loaded7,350-7,410 t
Performance
Speed59 km/h
Range5,417 km @ 37 km/h
Machinery
Shafts4
Turbines4 x Geared steam
62,000 hp
Parsons
Boilers4 x Admiralty
FuelOil: 1,042-1,100 t
Armament
Main8 x 133-mm/50 (4 x 2)
QF 5.25"/50 Mk. I
-5° / +70°

Anti-Aircraft
Torpedo tubes6 x 533-mm (2 x 3)
Armor
Belt76 mm
Bulkhead25 mm
Deck25 mm
Barbettes13 - 19 mm
Gun turret25 - 38 mm
Production
Built5
Total5

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Bellona 63 Fairfield30/11/193929/09/194229/10/194317/04/1946Sold/Scrapped
Black Prince 81 Harland & Wolff02/11/193927/08/194220/11/194301/07/1946Sold/Scrapped
Diadem 84 Hawthorn Leslie15/12/193926/08/194206/01/19441950Transferred
Royalist 89 Scotts21/03/194030/05/194210/09/194309/07/1956Sold/Scrapped
Spartan 95 Vickers-Armstrong21/12/193927/08/194210/08/194329/01/1944 Loss by missile (aircraft)
Transfers:
Ship Code Former Code Comm Decomm Fate
Bellona 63 Bellona 63 17/04/194604/1956Returned
Black Prince 81 Black Prince 81 01/07/194601/04/1961Returned
Royalist C89 Royalist 89 09/07/195604/06/1966Returned
Babur / Jahangir C84 Diadem 84 29/02/19561961Sold/Scrapped

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