HMS Castor (1915)

HMS Castor (1915)

HMS "Castor" was one of the "Cambrian" subclass of the C-class of light cruisers. Her sister ships were HMS "Cambrian", HMS "Canterbury", and HMS "Constance". Design of this class was based on the earlier cruisers HMS "Champion" and HMS "Calliope", which, in turn, were based on the HMS "Caroline" class, using the same hull as the "Carolines" but with two funnels and maximum armor thickness of 4" as opposed to 3" in the "Carolines". She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead."Castor" normally served as the flagship of the Commodore, and served as such at the Battle of Jutland, where she was the flagship of the eleventh destroyer squadron. Ten of her crew were casualties during the battle.

She was damaged but went on to survive the war. Considered obsolete by the 1930s, she was sold on July 30 1936 and arrived at Rosyth in August that year for breaking up.

References

*Colledge
* Jane's Fighting Ships

External links

* [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Cambrian.html Cambrian Class Light Cruisers]


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