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HMS Castor

1915 C-class light cruiser
Vehicle light_cruiser Q4355100
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Summary

HMS Castor is a light cruiser[1]. It draws 59 Wikipedia views per month (light cruiser category, ranking #94 of 299).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: Royal Navy[3]
  • Manufacturer: Cammell Laird[4]
  • Vessel class: C-class light cruiser[5]
  • Commons category: HMS Castor (1915)[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[7]
  • Participated in conflict: World War I[8]
  • Service entry: 1915[9]
  • Significant event: ship commissioning[10], ship launching[11], ship decommissioning[12], keel laying[13], ship completed[14]
  • Described by source: naval-history.net[15]
  • Participant in: Old Weather[16]
  • Native label: HMS Castor[17]
  • Different from: HMS Castor[18]
  • Name: HMS Castor[19]

Why It Matters

HMS Castor has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → Old Weather
    Instance of → light cruiser
    Participated in conflict → World War I
    Manufacturer → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: HMS Castor"
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