Neptune-class cruiser
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The Neptune class was a proposed class of cruisers planned for the British Royal Navy in the latter years of the Second World War. They were large ships which were to be armed with twelve 6-inch (152 mm) dual-purpose guns and with a heavy secondary armament. Although five ships of the class were planned in 1944, they were cancelled following the end of the war and before construction could begin.
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Name | Neptune class |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Minotaur class (1943) |
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Planned | 5 |
Cancelled | 5 |
General characteristics (as designed) | |
Class and type | Light cruiser |
Displacement | 18,700 long tons (19,000 t) deep load |
Length | 662 ft (202 m) o/a |
Beam | 76 ft (23 m) |
Draught | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
Installed power | 108,000 shp (81 MW) |
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Speed | 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 1351 |
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