HMS Euryalus

History of Royal Navy cruiser HMS Euryalus. Royal Navy cruiser website dedicated to the Dido Class cruiser HMS Euryalus, including crew and families of ex-crew members notice board for HMS Euryalus. HMS Euryalus was built at Chatham Dockyard and laid down on the 21st October 1937, launched 6th June 1939 and completed 30th June 1941. serving first in the home Fleet (1941) moving to the Mediterranean 1941-1943, returning again to the Home 1943 - 1944 and in 1945 serving in the east Indies and Pacific and finally being scrapped at Blyth 18th July 1959 Displacement: 5,450 tons Speed: 33kts Complement: 530 (556 as a Flagship) Armament: Ten 5.25 inch de-perming guns in pairs. Eight 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in fours as well as eight 0.5 inch machine guns in fours. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in threes.
HMS Euryalus	6th June 1939		Broken up 1959.
HMS Euryalus, August 1943. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP1420 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP1420
HMS Euryalus in 1942 with an addition of six 20mm AA guns fore, amidships and aft.		HMS Euryalus passing through the Suez Canal to join the Mediterranean Fleet, 1939. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHC544
The six photographs below were sent in by Vivien Dempster whose father served aboard HMS Euryalus . The ship's captain at the time was Captain Bush.



HMS Euryalus - Sister Ships of the Dido Class
HMS Argonaut	6th September 1941		Broken up 1955.
HMS Bonaventure	19th April 1939		Sunk 31st March 1941.
HMS Charybdis	17th September 1940		Sunk 23rd October 1943.
HMS Cleopatra	27th March 1940		Broken up 1958.
HMS Dido	18th July 1939		Broken up 1958.
HMS Euryalus	6th June 1939		Broken up 1959.
HMS Hermione	18th May 1939		Sunk 16th June 1942.
HMS Naiad	3rd February 1939		Sunk 11th March 1942.
HMS Phoebe	25th March 1939		Broken up 1956.
HMS Scylla	24th July 1940		Broken up 1950.
HMS Sirius	18th September 1940		Broken up 1956.

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Naval Historians, Crew & Family Noticeboard MESSAGES Our father served on Euryalus from 1941 until 1943. He also served on HMS Naiad when it was torpedoed - the dates we have found say 1942 but we are unsure. Does anyone know? Any info helpful. Contact us at davviv@sympatico.ca

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HMS Euryalus, a Dido class cruiser, shown off the Bay of Naples.

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