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| HMS Armada
R.14 |
9th December 1943 |
Broken up
December 1965 at Inverkeithing |
| HMS Barfleur
R.80 |
1st November 1943 |
Broken up
September 1966 at Dalmuir |
| HMS Cadiz
R.09 |
16th September
1944 |
Transferred to
Pakistan 1957. Became Khaibar |
| HMS Camperdown
R.32 |
8th February 1944 |
Broken up
September 1970 at Faslane |
| HMS Finisterre
R.55 |
22nd June 1944 |
Broken up
June 1967 at Dalmuir |
| HMS Gabbard
R.47 |
16th March 1945 |
transferred to
Pakistan 1957, became Badr |
| HMS Gravelines
R.24 |
30th November
1944 |
Broken up
at Rosyth 4th April 1961. |
| HMS Hogue R.74 |
21st April 1944 |
Broken up
in Singapore 7th March 1962. |
| HMS Lagos R.44 |
4th August 1944 |
Broken up at
Bo-ness June 1967. |
| HMS St James R.65 |
7th June 1945 |
Broken up at
Newport March 1961. |
| HMS St Kitts R.18 |
4th October 1944 |
Broken up
at Sunderland 14th February 1962. |
| HMS Saintes R.84 |
19th July 1944 |
Broken up 1972. |
| HMS Sluys
R.60 |
28th February
1945 |
Transferred to
Iran January 1967. Became Artemiz |
| HMS Solebay R.70 |
22nd February
1944 |
Broken up
at Troon August 1967. |
| HMS Trafalgar
R.77 |
12th January 1944 |
Broken up at
Dalmuir July 1970. |
| HMS Vigo
R.31 |
27th September
1945 |
Broken up at Faslane
December 1964. |
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HMS Armada |
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HMS Armada at Malta.
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HMS Barfleur |
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HMS Barfleur, on route to breakers, August 1966.
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HMS Barfleur, October 1955.
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HMS Cadiz |
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HMS Cadiz, September 1947.
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HMS Cadiz, November 1948.
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HMS Camperdown |
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HMS Camperdown, April 1960.
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HMS Finisterre |
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HMS Finisterre, October 1948.
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HMS Gravelines |
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HMS Gravelines, 1953.
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HMS Hogue |
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HMS Hogue with collision damage, June 1961.
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HMS Lagos |
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D44 HMS Lagos.
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HMS St James |
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HMS St James, November 1948.
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HMS St James, June 1953.
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HMS St James, November 1948.
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HMS St Kitts |
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HMS St Kitts, November 1948.
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HMS Saintes |
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HMS Saintes, 1951.
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HMS Sluys |
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HMS Sluys (R60) pictured c.1950 before she was
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HMS Sluys, November 1948.
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Artemiz, (Ex - HMS Sluys), fitting out, May 1968.
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Artemiz (Ex - HMS Sluys) with RMS Queen Elizabeth,
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HMS Solebay |
HMS Solebay, June 1953.
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HMS Solebay, November 1948.
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| HMS
Trafalgar |
D77 HMS Trafalgar, July 1970.
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| HMS
Vigo |
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