HMS Comus (1914)
Comus at Wallsend shipyard | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Comus |
| Namesake | Comus |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Wallsend |
| Laid down | 13 November 1913 |
| Launched | 16 December 1914 |
| Completed | May 1915 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1915 |
| Decommissioned | December 1924 |
| Recommissioned | September 1925 |
| Decommissioned | December 1933 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 5C (1914); A7 (Mar 16); 45 (Jan 18); 02 (Apr 18); 70 (Nov 19) |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 28 July 1934 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | C-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | 4,219 long tons (4,287 t) |
| Length | 446 ft (135.9 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) (mean) |
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| Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × steam turbines |
| Speed | 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) |
| Complement | 301 |
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The fourth HMS Comus was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service in World War I. She was part of the Caroline group of the C class.