HMS Cleopatra (1915)

HMS "Cleopatra" was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was part of the "Caroline" group of the C-class of cruisers.

She was laid down in February 1914, launched 14 January 1915 and commissioned into the navy in June 1915. On the outbreak of war she was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, Harwich Force, guarding the eastern approaches to the English Channel. On the night of the 23 to the 24th of March 1916 "Cleopatra" rammed and sunk the German destroyer "G 194", but was subsequently damaged in a collision with HMS "Undaunted". On 4 August 1916 "Cleopatra" struck a mine off the Belgian coast and had to be repaired. After repairs, she was assigned to the 7th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet in 1918. She survived the war, but was considered obsolete before the outbreak of the Second World War and was sold for scrap on June 26, 1931 to Hughes Bolckow, of Blyth.

References

*Colledge
*Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
* [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Caroline.html Ships of the Caroline class]