Laid down by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland on 28 June 1918, launched on 23 December 1919, completed at the Devonport Royal Dockyard in April 1926 and sold to be broken up on 11 April 1946. Part of British Emerald or E-class light cruisers, preceded by Danae or D-class, succeeded by Leander-class. Consisted of Emerald, Enterprise and Euphrates. General technical characteristics: displacement 7,580 (standard)-9,435 (full load) tons and as dimensions 173.7 x 16.6 x 5.0 metres or 570 x 54.5 x 16.5 feet. Propulsion consisted of 4 shaft Brown-Curtiss single reduction geared turbines and 8 Yarrow-type water tube boilers supplying 80,000 shp allowing a speed of 33 knots amd a range of 1,350 nautical miles/32 knots or 8,000 nautical miles/15 knots. Crew numbered 572 men. Original armour amidships 7.6 cm/3”, bow 6.4-3.8cm/2.5-1.5”, stern 5.1cm/2”, deck 2.5cm/1”. Original armament 7x1-15cm/6”Mk XII guns, 3-4” quick firing anti aircraft guns and 4-53.3cm/21” quadruple torpedo tubes.
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