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&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Naiad_1940_IWM_A_447.jpg) Naiad at anchor in the Firth of Forth, August 1940
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| History | |
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| Name | Naiad |
| Namesake | Naiad |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne |
| Laid down | 26 August 1937 |
| Launched | 3 February 1939 |
| Commissioned | 24 July 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 93 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-565, 11 March 1942 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Dido-class light cruiser |
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| Beam | 50.5 ft (15.4 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 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 (3,685 nmi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
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HMS Naiad was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy which served in the Second World War. She was sunk in action on 11 March 1942 south of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea.