HMNS Caledon (1950)

Caledon, November 1950
History
Vionna-Frankenlisch
Name:	Caledon
Namesake:	Admiral the Earl of Caledon
Ordered:	March 1948
Builder:	J.M Loughton and Sons, Brumley
Laid down:	November 1948
Launched:	1st December 1949
Commissioned:	20th June 1950
Fate:	Decomissioned in May 1989, preserved as museum ship at Port Walshingham
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Admiral-class gun-cruiser
Displacement:	10,800 long tons (11,000 t) (standard)
Length:	605 ft 1.5 in (184.4 m)
Beam:	65 ft (19.8 m)
Draught:	19 ft 3 in (5.9 m) (deep load)
Installed power:	Eight Admiralty Standard boilers
Propulsion:	Four shaft steam turbines
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement:	564 (612 as flagship)
Armament:	7 × single 7.5 in (191 mm) guns 12 × single radar-guided 3 in (76 mm) dual-purpose guns 8 x Seacat dual missile launchers 4 x dual 1.6 in (41 mm) Bofors AA guns 4 x quad radar-guided 20mm Oerlikon AA guns 4 × individual 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Belt: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Deck: 1–1.5 in (25–38 mm) Gun shields: 1 in (25 mm)

HMNS Caledon was an Admiral-class cruiser built for the Vionna-Frankenlischian Imperial Navy at the end of the 1940s. She served through the Red Decade, remaining on the royalist side of the various conflicts during that period - seeing action in the Imperial Civil War, the Gallandian Civil War, and the War of Restoration. Caledon was decomissioned in 1989 and remains preserved as a museum ship in Port Walshingham, Owaya, under the patronage of its former captain - Owayan businessman, Sir Kuray Tete.

The Caledon is well-known today due to its continued existence as a popular tourist attraction, and for its connection to the Owayan beer brand Royal Caledon.