HMS Despatch (D30)

	HMS Despatch in October 1939
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Despatch
Ordered	March 1918
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	8 July 1918
Launched	24 September 1919
Commissioned	2 June 1922
Identification	Pennant number: 10 (Jan 22); 30 (19??); I.30 (1936); D.30 (1940)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 April 1946
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Danae-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,970 long tons (5,050 t)
Length	445 ft (135.6 m) p/p; 472 ft 6 in (144.0 m) o/a;
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)
Draught	16 ft 11 in (5.16 m) (mean, deep load)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW); 6 × Yarrow boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	460
Armament	6 × single BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns; 2 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft guns; 2 × single QF 2-pounder AA guns; 4 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 1.25–3 in (32–76 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm);
Notes	Received a Le Cheminant deck watch from the Royal Observatory on 23 January 1933.

HMS Despatch was a Danae-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was part of the Delhi sub-class of the Danae class.

History
HMS Despatch in October 1939
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Despatch
Ordered	March 1918
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	8 July 1918
Launched	24 September 1919
Commissioned	2 June 1922
Identification	Pennant number: 10 (Jan 22); 30 (19??); I.30 (1936); D.30 (1940)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 April 1946
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Danae-class light cruiser
Displacement	4,970 long tons (5,050 t)
Length	445 ft (135.6 m) p/p 472 ft 6 in (144.0 m) o/a
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)
Draught	16 ft 11 in (5.16 m) (mean, deep load)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 6 × Yarrow boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	460
Armament	6 × single BL 6 in (152 mm) Mk XII guns 2 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft guns 2 × single QF 2-pounder AA guns 4 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline belt: 1.25–3 in (32–76 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm)
Notes	Received a Le Cheminant deck watch from the Royal Observatory on 23 January 1933.