Spartan 1943
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bellona (RNZN 1948 - 1956) | 63 - C63 | Fairfield, Govan | 30/11/1939 | 29/9/1942 | 29/10/1943 | to New Zealand 1948 - 1956, sold for BU 2/1958 |
| Black Prince (RNZN 1946) | 81 - C81 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 2/11/1939 | 27/8/1942 | 20/11/1943 | to New Zealand 1946, stricken 11/1961 |
| Diadem | 84 - C84 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 15/12/1939 | 26/8/1942 | 6/1/1944 | to Pakistan 2/1956 (Babur) |
| Royalist (RNZN 7/1956) | 89 - C89 | Scotts, Greenock | 21/3/1940 | 30/5/1942 | 10/9/1943 | to New Zealand 7/1956, sold for BU 11/1967 |
| Spartan | 95 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 21/12/1939 | 27/8/1942 | 10/8/1943 | sunk 29/1/1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
5950 |
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Displacement full, t |
7350 - 7410 |
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Length, m |
147.8 pp 156.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
15.4 |
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Draught, m |
5.41 - 5.46 |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
62000 |
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Max speed, kn |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 1042 - 1100 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5100(15) |
| Armour, mm |
belt: 76, bulkheads: 25, turrets: 13, deck: 51 - 25 |
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Armament |
4 x 2 - 133/50 QF Mk I, 3 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 6 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 3 - 533 TT Royalist: 4 x 2 - 133/50 QF Mk I, 3 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 3 - 533 TT |
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Sensors |
type 272, 281, 3x 282, 284, 2x 285 radars |
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Complement |
530 |
Ship project history: A little changed design of Dido class with quantity of 133mm mountings moderated to four and third quadruple pom-pom. They had vertical funnels and masts without a declination. Royalist right after completing was converted to command ship.
Protection: Armoured belt protected machinery spaces and extended up to upper deck level abreast boiler rooms and fore engine room and to main deck level abreast aft engine room. Magazines had 76-mm sides. Armoured deck was 25-mm thick over machinery and steering gear and 51-mm over magazines.
Modernizations: 6/1944, Black Prince: + 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
4/1945, Bellona: + 8 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
4/1945, Diadem: + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
1945, Black Prince: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 6 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors
Naval service: Spartan was sunk 29/1/1944 by German Hs 293 gliding bomb launched from Do 217 bomber off Anzio (Italy). Diadem was damaged by German torpedo 12/8/1944 and repaired till the end of war.
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