Last update: 22.02.2001
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Dido class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Royal Navy / Great Britain In service from: 1940 Complement (officers/enlisted): 487

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
156,10  /   154,33
Beam overall / wl.:
15,40  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
5,43  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
5750
Full loaded
7013

Armament
Main guns
10x132/50 QF Mk.1
Secondary guns
8x40, 6x20
Torpedo tubes
6x533
Planes
0

Engines
Boilers
4xAdmiralty 3-drum
Turbines
4xParsons geared
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
32,5
endurance
4240 miles @ 16 kts
Engines load
62000 HP
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
76
Decks
25,4
Main Battery turrets
Argonaut/RN,