Ship Class: HMS Dido

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Ship Class	HMS Dido

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Ship	HMS Argonaut HMS Bonaventure HMS Charybdis HMS Cleopatra HMS Dido HMS Euryalus HMS Hermione HMS Naiad HMS Phoebe HMS Scylla HMS Sirius
Ship Type	Cruiser
Cruiser Type	Light
Ship Class Attribute	Innovative

	Summary
	A cruiser with rapid fire high angle guns.

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1937 Aug 26	1959 Jan 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	5 599ton	156.05m	15.39m	5.11m	487	5 357

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	4	62 000hp	32.2kt	Steam Turbine	4

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	1 100ton	4 850mile	11kt	15.964day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1:Ship Role	3) 1: Designed By	4) 1: Governed By Treaty Category	5) 1: Improved In Ship Class	6) 5: as Class Improvement	7) 1: Armour	8) 1: Machinery	9) 1: Armament
	Anti Aircraft	Goodall Sir Stanley	1937 2nd London, Light Cruiser	HMS Bellona	N	718ton	1 169ton	779ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Torpedo Model	6) 1: As Built Armour	7) 1: Installed With Sensor	8) 7:	9) 7: Mount Radar	10) 9:Image	11) 7:Image
	Torpedo 6 X BR 21in Mark VII			BR 21in Mark VII	2in Deck \| 3in Belt	BR, Director, Main Cruiser Mark ?		BR, Radar, Type 284
	Gun 5 X BR 5.25in Mk II Twin	BR 5.25in Mk II Twin				BR, Director, HACS Mark IV ##		BR, Radar, Type 285
	Gun 4 X BR 2pdr Mark VII Quad	BR 2pdr Mark VII Quad
	Gun 2 X BR 0.5in MG Quad	BR 0.5in MG Quad

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder	Building Cost Per Ship Pound Sterling	Building Cost Per Ship Pounds Sterling Per Ton	Class Building Cost Pound Sterling