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History of Royal Navy cruisers
(heavy cruisers, light cruisers). Royal Navy cruiser website dedicated to
the Fiji Class. HMS Fiji, HMS Kenya, HMS Mauritius, HMS Nigeria, HMS
Trinidad, HMS Ceylon, HMS Gambia, HMS Jamaica, HMS Uganda, HMS Bermuda,
HMS New Foundland
including crew and families of ex-crew members notice board for the Fiji Class cruisers.
HMS
Jamaica. Built by Vickers Armstrong at barrow and launched 16th
November 1940 and completed 29th June 1942. On completion she served with
the Home Fleet from 1942 till the end of the war. later serving in the
Indian Ocean. finally being sold and scrapped at Dalmuir in Scotland
20th December 1960 and finally the hull was scrapped at Troon in 1962.
Displacement:
8,000 tons. Speed: 33kts Complement: 730
Armament:
Twelve 6 inch guns in threes. Eight 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and
nine 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in pairs (one single) as well as eight 0.5
inch machine guns in pairs. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in
threes and 3 aircraft.
Displacement:
8,800 tons (Ceylon, Uganda and Newfoundland), Ceylon,
Uganda & Newfoundland armaments as follows: Nine 6 inch guns in
threes. Eight 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and twenty 2pdr anti-aircraft
guns in fours as well as twenty 20mm anti-aircraft guns in pairs.
Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in threes but no aircraft. |
| HMS Bermuda |
11th September 1941 |
Broken up 1965 |
| HMS Ceylon |
30th July 1942 |
Sold to Peru 1959 |
| HMS Fiji |
31st May 1939 |
Sunk 22nd May 1941 |
| HMS Gambia |
30th November 1940 |
Broken up 1968. |
| HMS Jamaica |
16th November 1940 |
Broken up 1960. |
| HMS Kenya |
18th August 1939 |
Broken up 1962. |
| HMS Mauritius |
19th July 1939 |
Broken up 1965. |
| HMS Newfoundland |
19th December 1941 |
sold to Peru 1959. |
| HMS Nigeria |
18th July 1939 |
Sold to India 1957. |
| HMS Trinidad |
21st March 1940 |
Sunk 15th May 1942. |
| HMS Uganda |
7th August 1941 |
Broken up 1961. |
| HMS
Ceylon |
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HMS Ceylon, October 1956.
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HMS Ceylon.
Original Postcard.
Published by A G Gwinnel. Price £15. Click here
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HMS Ceylon.
Original
R A Fisk Postcard. Price £16. Click here to
order. Order Code PHC743 |
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HMS Ceylon photograph provided by Bill Hartland.
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HMS Ceylon - Traditional Farewell, Dar-Es-Salaam,
June 1952.
A
mounted
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here Order Code PHC821 |
| HMS
Fiji
HMS Fiji was built at Clydebank by John brown ship builders and laid
down on the 30th march 1938, launched 31st May 1939 and completed 17th may
1940. joined the Home fleet on completion from 1940 till 1941, In
September 1940 HMS Fiji was hit by a torpedo form U32 which flooded the
forward boiler room, causing enough damage to keep her out of action for
six months with repairs. she was bombed by German and Italian
aircraft one direct hit and three near missus, two of the near
misses caused the engine room and boiler room forward to flood rapidly which
caused a heavy list, the crew abandoned the ship and HMS Fiji after five
hours capsized and sank of Crete on the 22nd May 1941.
HMS Mauritius. was built by swan Hunter at Wallsend and laid down on
the 31st march 1938, and launched 19th July 1939 completed 1st January
1941. HMS Mauritius served in the home Fleet 1941 going to the east
Indies 1941 till 1942, Eastern Fleet 1942 - 1943, Mediterranean fleet 1943
- 1944 and finally in the Home Fleet 1944 - 1945. took part in
the D-day landings. June 1944. Finally scrapped at Inverkeithing
March 1965
Displacement:
8,000 tons. Speed: 33kts Complement: 730
Armament:
Twelve 6 inch guns in threes. Eight 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and
nine 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in pairs (one single) as well as eight 0.5
inch machine guns in pairs. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in
threes and 3 aircraft.
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HMS Fiji.
Original Postcard.
Published by P A Vicary. Price £15. Click here
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HMS Fiji, 1941.
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Gambia |
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HMS Gambia, 1954.
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HMS Gambia, 1954.
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HMS Gambia photograph provided by Bill Hartland.
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HMS Gambia, at breakers, March 1969.
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HMS Gambia alongside Dutch destroyer Van Galen at St
Helena, 1942.
Contributed by Paul van der Moezel |
HMS Gambia alongside Dutch destroyer Van Galen at St
Helena, 1942.
Contributed by Paul van der Moezel |
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HMS Gambia.
Original
R A Fisk Postcard. Price £16. Click here to
order. Order Code PHC742 |
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HMS Gambia insignia provided by Bill Hartland.
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| HMS
Jamaica
HMS Jamaica was built at Vickers Armstrong at barrow, and laid down
on the 28th April 1938, launched 16th November 1940 and completed 29th
June 1942. Joined the Home Fleet on completion and served from
1942 until 1945.
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HMS Jamaica, August 1945.
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HMS Jamaica, laid up, July 1960.
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HMS Jamaica in 1942 with eight 20mm AA guns instead
of the machine guns originally fitted. |
Jamaica in 1945 in the Indian Ocean photograph sent
in by Ian Crouch. |
| HMS
Kenya
Joined the Home fleet and served in convoy protection in the
Atlantic. In May 1941 while serving with the 2nsd Cruiser squadron. HMS
Kenya was involved in the Hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
and In June 1941 with HMS Aurora, HMS Kenya intercepted the German supply
ship Belchen. in the Davies Strait. She went to the Mediterranean in
September 1941. to take part in Operation halberd. after which she
returned once again to serve with the Home Fleet serving in the arctic.
and during this time took part in bombarding of German coastal position in
Norway. In December 1941 HMS Kenya covered the Vaagso Raid..
Then returning to the Mediterranean in June 1942. while serving in
the Mediterranean she took part in Operation harpoon./ and in August
1942 she participated in the famous pedestal Convoys to re supply Malta
and on the 12th August she was torpedoed and damaged buy the Italian
Submarine Alagi. Putting in for repairs which took until December
1942. HMS Kenya served with the Home Fleet during 1943. transferring
to the 4th Cruiser squadron in the Eastern Fleet in January 1944..
During that year she covered the Carrier raids on the Japanese
controlled islands in the Indian Ocean. and Covered the Arakan
landings in 1945 and also bombarding Japanese Coastal defenses in Malaysia.
As the war ended HMS Kenya was in refit. Serving in the 8th cruiser
squadron in the west Indies station From October 1946. until December
`1947 when she went into reserve. re commissioned into the 5th cruiser squadron
to serve during the Korean war. during 11951 and 152. moving to the Mediterranean
the following year.. finally coming back to the UK on the 24th February
1953 went into reserve once again. After a refit in 1955 she served again
in the West Indies Station with he 8th cruiser squadron. returning to the
Home fleet in November 1956 until 1957. when she went to the Mediterranean
for the last time to become the flagship of the 1st cruiser squadron. Finally
paid of in September 1958. remained in reserve at Portsmouth until
being scrapped In Scotland at Faslane in October 1962.
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HMS Kenya, July 1945. A
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HMS Kenya, July 1945.
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HMS Kenya entering Malta harbour, 1946 - 48. Sent
in by Tony Smith |
HMS Kenya photograph provided by Bill Hartland.
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| HMS
Mauritius |
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HMS Mauritius, with MLs, July 1943.
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HMS Mauritius, 1947.
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HMS Mauritius at Malta. Sent in Graeme Luckily PHC780
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HMS Uganda |
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HMS Uganda, August 1943.
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Quebec (ex - HMS Uganda), June 1953.
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