HMS Charybdis (88)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Charybdis.
HMS Charybdis was a Dido-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War and was sunk with heavy loss of life by German torpedo boats in an action in the English Channel in October 1943.
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Charybdis underway, February 1943 | |
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Name | Charybdis |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
Laid down | 9 November 1939 |
Launched | 17 September 1940 |
Completed | 3 December 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: 88 |
Fate | Sunk during the Battle of Sept-Îles, 23 October 1943 |
Badge | On a Field White, issuant from a whirlpool in base a fig tree Proper, suspended from the branches a bat inverted Gold. |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Dido-class light cruiser |
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Beam | 50 ft 6 in (15.39 m) |
Draught | 14.3 ft (4.4 m) |
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Propulsion | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph) |
Range | 6,824 km (4,240 miles) at 16 knots |
Complement | 480 |
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