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Imperial War Museum #A-19851. Via Wikipedia
Commons
| Tonnage | 5950 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 512'2" by 50'6" by 17'9" 156.11m by 15.39m by 5.41m |
| Maximum
speed |
32 knots |
| Complement | 530 |
| Armament | 4x2 5.25"/50
dual-purpose guns 3x4 2pdr AA guns 6x2 20mm Oerlikon AA guns 2x3 torpedo tubes |
| Protection | 670 tons: 3" (76mm) NC belt 1" (25mm) D steel deck over machinery 2" (51mm) D steel deck over shell rooms 3" (76mm) NC deck over magazines 0.75" (19mm) D steel magazine side and bridge |
| Machinery |
4-shaft Parsons geared turbine
(62,000 shp) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| Bunkerage | 1100 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 7400 nautical miles (14,300 km) at 12 knots |
| Sensors |
Most units had radar by fall of
1941. This was typically Type 279 or
better. |
| Modifications |
Some units completed with only 4
5.25" turrets due to shortages.
Light antiaircraft armament steadily increased. By 1944 some units had as many as 3x4 40mm Bofors AA guns and 6x2, 4x1 20mm guns. |
The modified Didos incorporated extensive redesigns to the original Dido design based on wartime experience.
The omission of one of the 5.25" gun turrets allowed greater light
antiaircraft armament and an improved arrangement of the bridge and
superstructure, including flag quarters. Splinter shielding was added
to the magazines and bridge.
| Royalist | arrived 1944-9? |
| Black Prince |
arrived 1944-9 |
References
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