| Name: | NAIAD |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 26/08/1937 |
| Launched: | 03/02/1939 |
| Completed: | 20/07/1940 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 613 |
| Dimensions: | 5600disp - 6850disp, 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 AA, 8 x 1 x 0.5ins AA guns; 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 24/07/1940 | British Royal Navy |
| 11/03/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the Dido Class of Light Cruisers |
| 11/03/1942: Sunk by torpedoes from U-Boat U565, south of Crete |
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