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HMS Jamaica |
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HMS Jamaica Laid Down : 28th April 1938 Launched : 16th November 1940 Completed : 29th June 1942 Type : Cruiser Class : Fiji Builder : Vickers Armstrong Country : UK Pennants : 44, C170 BPF, C44 Fate : Scrapped 1960 |
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HMS Jamaica Photos for Sale |
  HMS Jamaica, August 1945. |   HMS Jamaica, laid up, July 1960. |
HMS Jamaica Photos Submitted to the Forum |
  HMS Jamaica |   HMS Jamaica |   HMS Jamaica |
  HMS Jamaica |
Timeline Entries : | |||
28th April 1939 - Laid down 29th December 1939 - Captain J.L. Storey in Command 16th October 1940 - Pennant Number 44 16th November 1940 - Launched 8th November 1942 - Assisted in the invasion of North Africa 25th March 1943 - Sailed Scapa Flow 26th December 1943 - Participated in the Battle of North Cape 26th December 1943 - Attacked Scharnhorst with torpedoes 4th April 1944 - 10th Cruiser Squadron 10th June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow 7th June 1945 - Accompanied the King & Queen to the Channel Islands 7th June 1945 - Capt. J. Hughes-Hallet in Command 19th March 1947 - Commenced Exercised in the Caribbean 2nd April 1947 - Completed Exercises in the Caribbean 30th April 1947 - Sailed Trincomalee 30th January 1949 - Arrived Kingston 5th April 1949 - Exercised with the Canadian Navy 26th April 1949 - Captain F.A. Ballance in Command 26th April 1949 - Sailed Bermuda to China 31st May 1949 - Arrived Hong Kong 2nd July 1950 - Assisted in sinking several attacking North Korean torpedo boats and gunboats 19th May 1954 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Michael Denny 19th May 1954 - Escort to HMY Britannia 30th September 1954 - Exercise Morning Mist 24th November 1959 - In Reserve at Gareloch 1960 - Broken up | |||
HMS Jamaica Artwork Collection |
  HMS Jamaica by Ivan Berryman. |
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