About the HMS Caradoc
| Class and type: | C-class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Caradoc |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock |
| Laid down: | 21 February 1916 |
| Launched: | 23 December 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 15 June 1917 |
| Reclassified: | Became a base ship, April 1944 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 5 April 1946 |
General characteristics (as built)
| Displacement: | 4,238 long tons (4,306 t) |
| Length: | 425 ft (129.5 m) p/p 450 ft (137.2 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 42 ft 3 in (12.9 m) |
| Draught: | 18ft 9 in (5.72 m) (mean, deep load) |
| Installed power: | 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 6 x Yarrow boilers |
| Propulsion: | 2 x sharfts; 2 x geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 29kn (54km/p; 33 mph) |
| Complement: | 438 |