Naval
art prints of HMS Naiad Royal navy World war two cruiser. naval art prints
and paintings by Naval artist Ivan Berryman now available direct from
naval arts, a division of Cranston Fine arts
HMS
Naiad. Built by Hawthorn Leslie and launched 3rd February 1939
and completed 24th July 1940. HMS naiad served in the Home fleet between
1940 till 1941 going to the Mediterranean 1941- 1942, in this time she
took part in the action against the French Guepard in 1941. she was
sunk by U-565 of Crete 11th March 1942.
Specifications
for HMS Dido, HMS Euryalus, HMS Naiad, HMS Phoebe, HMS Sirius, HMS
Bonaventure, HMS Hermione, HMS Charybdis, HMS Cleopatra, HMS Scylla and
HMS Argonaut.
Displacement:
5,450 tons Speed: 33kts Complement: 530 (556 as a
Flagship)
Armament:
Ten 5.25 inch de-perming guns in pairs. Eight 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in
fours as well as eight 0.5 inch machine
guns in fours. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in threes.
