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History of Royal Navy cruisers (heavy cruisers, light cruisers). Royal Navy cruiser website dedicated to the Arethusa Class. HMS Arethusa, HMS Galatea, HMS Penelope, HMS Aurora including crew and families of ex-crew members notice board for the Arethusa Class cruisers.
Displacement: 5,220 tons (Arethusa & Galatea), 5,270 tons (Penelope & Aurora) Speed: 32kt Complement: 450 Armament: Six 6 inch guns in pairs. Eight 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and eight 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in pairs as well as eight 0.5 inch machine guns in pairs. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in threes and 1 aircraft (no aircraft on Aurora). |
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HMS Arethusa pictured February 1937 with sea plane on her catapult. |
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HMS Galatea pictured in September 1936 at Malta. |
HMS Galatea. |
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HMS Penelope, 1936. |
HMS Penelope. |
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Reginald Jenkyn of HMS Penelope. Died in action 18th February 1944 when HMS Penelope was sunk off Naples. Courtesy of his son, Adrian. |
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HMS Aurora |
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