HMS Arethusa (1913)

	Arethusa in 1914
History
United Kingdom
Name	Arethusa
Namesake	Arethusa
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	28 October 1912
Launched	25 October 1913
Commissioned	August 1914
Identification	Pennant number: 3C
Fate	Damaged by mine, 11 February 1916 and wrecked
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Arethusa-class light cruiser
Displacement	3,512 long tons (3,568 t)
Length	436 ft (132.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	39 ft (11.9 m)
Draught	15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) (mean, deep load)
Installed power	8 × Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines
Speed	28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	270
Armament	2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 6 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns; 1 × single 3-pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) AA gun; 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm);

HMS Arethusa was the name ship of her class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She saw a considerable amount of action during the early years of the First World War, participating in the Battle of Heligoland Bight and the Battle of Dogger Bank.