| Name: | CLEOPATRA |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 05/01/1939 |
| Launched: | 27/03/1940 |
| Completed: | 20/11/1941 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 621 |
| Dimensions: | 5700disp - 6960disp, 485.0 x 50.5 x 14.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 62000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 33.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 2 x 5.25ins DP, 2 x 4 x 2pdr guns; 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 20/11/1941 | British Royal Navy |
| 15/12/1958 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Dido Class of light cruisers |
| 15/12/1958: Arrived at Newport for breaking up by J Cashmore |
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