Caledon-class
With our thanks to Novice
An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated August 1937 reporting that the British cruisers HMS Caledon (1), Calypso (2), Caradoc (3), Cardiff (4) and Ceres (5) were to be converted into anti-aircraft ships with an armament of 10/12-10,2cm anti aircraft guns and some anti aircraft machineguns.
Notes
1. Pennant D53. Of the C class light cruisers Caledon subclass, laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 17 March 1916, launched on 25 November 1916, commissioned on 6 March 1917. converted into an anti aircraft cruiser 14 September 1942-7 December 1943 and sold to be broken up on 22 January 1948.
2. Pennant D61. Of the C class light cruisers Caledon subclass, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie&Company. Tyneside, England on 7 February 1916, launched on 24 January 1917, commissioned on 21 June 1917 and sunk by the Italian submarine Bagnolini south of Crete, Greece on 12 June 1940.
3. Pennant D60. Of the C class light cruisers Caledon subclass, laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock on 21 February 1916, launched on 23 December 1916, commissioned on 15 June 1917 and sold to be broken up.
4. Pennant D58. Of the C class light cruisers Ceres subclass, laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland on 22 July 1916, launched on 12 April, completed in June 1917 and sold to be broken up on 23 January 1946.
5. Pennant D59. Of the C class light cruisers Ceres subclass, laid down by John Brown&Company, Clydebank, Scotland on 11 July 1916, launched on 24 March 1917, commissioned on 1 June 1917 and sold to be broken up on 5 April 1946.
