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HMS Calcutta (D82)
HMS ''Calcutta'' was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the ''Carlisle'' group of the C-class of cruisers. She was laid down by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness in 1917 and launched on 9 July 1918. ''Calcutta'' was commissioned too late to see action in the First World War, but was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939. ''Calcutta'' served during the Norwegian Campaign and the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940. She was used to escort allied convoys across the Mediterranean and was sunk on 1 June 1941 by ''Luftwaffe'' off Alexandria, Egypt.
==Construction and design==
''Calcutta'' was laid down at Vickers' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 28 January 1917 and launched on 9 July 1918, completing in August 1919.
The ship was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was normal and deep load.〔 Six Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Parsons geared steam turbines rated at , giving a design speed of .
As built, ''Calcutta''s main armament consisted of five BL 6 inch Mk XII naval guns, carried in single mounts, with an anti-aircraft armament of two QF 3-inch 20 cwt guns and two 2-pounder "pom-pom" autocannon. Eight 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes were carried, in four twin mounts. The ship had a armour belt of amidships, thinning to forward and aft, with an armoured deck thick protecting the ship's machinery. She had a complement of 432 officers and ratings.〔
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