HMS Calypso (D61)

	Calypso
History
United Kingdom
Name	Calypso
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	17 February 1916
Launched	24 January 1917
Commissioned	21 June 1917
Identification	Pennant number: 24 (Jan 18); 82 (Apr 18) 61 (Nov 19); I.61 (1936); D.61 (1940)
Fate	Sunk, 12 June 1940
General characteristics
Class & type	C-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,120 long tons (4,190 t)
Length	450 ft (140 m)
Beam	42.9 ft (13.1 m)
Draught	14.3 ft (4.4 m)
Installed power	6 × Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	344
Armament	5 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns ; 2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns; 4 × single 3 pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns; 4 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Side: 3 in (7.6 cm) (amidships); 1.25–2.25 in (3.2–5.7 cm) (bow); 2–2.5 in (5.1–6.4 cm) (stern); Deck: 1 in (2.5 cm) (upper, amidships); 1 in (2.5 cm) (over rudder);

HMS Calypso (D61) was a C class cruiser of the Caledon sub-class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine Alpino Bagnolini. Calypso was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company. Her keel was laid down in February 1916 and she was completed in June 1917.