Curacoa (HMS) - bow

Name: Curacoa (HMS) - bow
Address: IE

Cruiser in Ireland, dating from 1942

The Curacoa was a light cruiser and one of five Ceres C-class cruisers built between 1916 and 1918. It was built in Pembroke Dock, Wales, in May 1917, weighed 4,290 tons and was capable of 29 knots. It was commissioned on 18 February 1918 and saw service during the final months of World War I. It was refitted as an anti-aircraft cruiser in late 1939 and employed as an escort vessel for transatlantic convoys. It was during one such voyage that the Curacoa, under the command of Captain John W. Bou

Type:: Cruiser
Period:: 1942
Coordinates:: 55.84°N, 8.64°W

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