History of Royal Navy cruisers
(heavy cruisers, light cruisers). Royal Navy cruiser website dedicated to
the Gloucester Class. HMS Liverpool, HMS Manchester, HMS Gloucester
including crew and families of ex-crew members notice board for the
Southampton Class cruisers.
These three Cruisers were the second
batch of the Southampton Class
HMS
Gloucester was built at Devonport at Scotts and launched 19th October 1937
and at the outbreak of war served in the East Indies 1939 - 1940, moving
to the Mediterranean fleet 1940 until being sunk by German and Italian
aircraft off Crete and sunk 22nd May 1941.
HMS
Liverpool was built at Fairfields and launched 24th March 1937,
served in the China Station 1939 - 1940, Red Sea and Mediterranean fleet
1940 in 1941 went to the United States in 1941 for refit, returning to the
Home fleet in 1942 - 1945. after the war was eventually scrapped at
Bo'Ness on the 2nd July 1958
HMS
Manchester was built at Hawthorne Leslie and launched 12th April 1937.
served in the Home Fleet 1939 - 1942, moving to the Mediterranean fleet in
1942 but torpedoed and sunk on the 13th August 1942 by Italian
MAS.16 and MAS.22 off Tunisia.
Specifications
for HMS
Liverpool, HMS Manchester & HMS Gloucester
Displacement:
9,400 tons Speed: and 32.5kts Complement:
700
Armament:
Twelve 6 inch guns in threes. 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 fours. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in threes and 3 aircraft.
