Editing Fiji-class cruiser (section)

==Ships of the class==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Construction data for ''Fiji''-class cruisers
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Namesake
! scope="col" | Builder
! scope="col" | Ordered
! scope="col" | [[Laid down]]
! scope="col" | [[Ceremonial ship launching|Launched]]
! scope="col" | [[Ship commissioning|Commissioned]]
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Fiji|58|2}}
|[[Colonial Fiji|Colony of Fiji]]
|[[John Brown and Company|John Brown]], [[Clydebank]]
|rowspan=4|20 December 1937
|30 March 1938
|31 May 1939
|5 May 1940
|Sunk in air attack during [[Battle of Crete]], 22 May 1941
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Nigeria|60|2}}
|[[Colonial Nigeria|Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria]]
|[[Vickers-Armstrongs]], [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker]]
|8 February 1938
|18 July 1939
|23 September 1940
|Sold to [[Indian Navy]] as {{INS|Mysore|C60|6}} in 1954
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Mauritius|80|2}}
|[[British Mauritius|Crown Colony of Mauritius]]
|[[Swan Hunter]], [[Wallsend]]
|13 March 1938
|19 July 1939
|4 January 1941
|Placed in reserve in 1952 and broken up at [[Inverkeithing]] in 1965
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Kenya|14|2}}
|[[Colony and Protectorate of Kenya]]
|[[Alexander Stephens and Sons]], [[Linthouse]]
|18 June 1938
|18 August 1939
|28 August 1940
|Placed in reserve in 1958 and broken up at [[Faslane]] in 1962
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Trinidad|46|2}}
|[[Trinidad|Island of Trinidad]]<br>(part of [[Crown Colony of Trinidad and Tobago]]<ref group=note>In addition to HMS ''Trinidad'', the other half of the colony was represented in the Royal Navy by the {{sclass2|Colony|frigate|2}} {{HMS|Tobago|K585|6}}</ref>)
|[[HMNB Devonport|HM Dockyard, Devonport]]
|1 December 1937
|21 April 1938
|21 March 1940
|14 October 1941
|Scuttled in Arctic Ocean following air attack, 15 May 1942
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Jamaica|44|2}}
|[[Colony of Jamaica|Jamaica and Dependencies]]
|Vickers-Armstrong, [[Barrow-in-Furness]]
|rowspan=2|1 March 1939
|28 April 1939
|16 November 1940
|29 June 1942
|Placed in reserve in 1958 and broken up at [[Dalmuir]] in 1960
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Gambia|48|2}}
|[[Gambia Colony and Protectorate]]
|Swan Hunter, Wallsend
|24 July 1939
|30 November 1940
|21 February 1942
|Served with the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] as HMNZS ''Gambia'' 1943–1946<br>Placed in reserve in 1960 and broken up at Inverkeithing in 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Bermuda|52|2}}
|[[Bermuda]]
|John Brown, Clydebank
|4 September 1939
|30 November 1939
|11 September 1941
|5 August 1942
|Decommissioned in 1962 and broken up at [[Briton Ferry]] in 1965
|}

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Construction data for ''Ceylon''-group ''Fiji''-class cruisers
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Namesake
! scope="col" | Builder
! scope="col" | Ordered
! scope="col" | Laid down
! scope="col" | Launched
! scope="col" | Commissioned
! scope="col" | Fate
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Ceylon|30|2}}
|[[British Ceylon|Crown Colony of Ceylon]]
|Alexander Stephens and Sons, Linthouse
|rowspan=2|1 March 1939
|27 April 1939
|30 July 1942
|13 July 1943
|Sold to [[Peruvian Navy]] as {{ship|BAP|Coronel Bolognesi|CL-82|6}} in 1959
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Uganda|66|2}}
|[[Uganda Protectorate]]
|Vickers-Armstrongs, Walker
|20 July 1939
|7 August 1941
|3 January 1943
|Transferred to [[Royal Canadian Navy]] as {{HMCS|Uganda|C66|6}} in 1944
|-
! scope="row" | {{HMS|Newfoundland|59|2}}
|[[Dominion of Newfoundland]]<ref group=note>Due to a public finance crisis Newfoundland gave up self-government in 1933</ref>
|Swan Hunter, Wallsend
|4 September 1939
|9 November 1939
|19 December 1941
|21 January 1943
|Sold to [[Peruvian Navy]] as [[BAP Capitán Quiñones (CL-83)|BAP ''Almirante Grau'']] in 1959
|}

===Original design===
[[File:HMS Jamaica anchored.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Jamaica'']]
* ''[[HMS Bermuda (C52)|Bermuda]]'' – Took part in [[Operation Torch]], the landings in [[North Africa]], during World War II, as well as other operations. After the war, the ship continued in service, seeing much of the world, and receiving a number of refits which helped her last until her decommissioning in 1962. She was scrapped in 1965.
* ''[[HMS Fiji (C58)|Fiji]]'' – In 1940 ''Fiji'' was torpedoed by a German U-boat but survived. In 1941, during the [[Battle of Crete]], ''Fiji'' was damaged by a bomb from a German [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] aircraft, after having survived 20 bomb hits, this one caused her to list; further bomb hits increased the list and the cruiser rolled over an hour later. 523 of her crew were picked up.<ref>[https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CL-Fiji.htm HMS 'Fiji'] naval-history.net</ref>
* ''[[HMS Gambia (C48)|Gambia]]'' – Was transferred to the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] from 1943, seeing active service in the [[British Pacific Fleet]]. She was returned to the Royal Navy in 1946. The ship was scrapped in 1968.
* ''[[HMS Jamaica (C44)|Jamaica]]'' – Served in World War II, taking part in a number of operations during that war, including the sinking of the battleship [[German battleship Scharnhorst|''Scharnhorst'']] at the [[Battle of North Cape]], driving off German cruiser [[German cruiser Admiral Hipper|''Admiral Hipper'']] at the [[Battle of the Barents Sea]], and escorting carrier air attacks on the battleship [[German battleship Tirpitz|''Tirpitz'']]. In the Korean War, ''Jamaica'' was known as "The Galloping Ghost of the Korean Coast", due to the North Koreans claiming that she had been sunk three times. In 1955 ''Jamaica'' was used to play {{HMS|Exeter|68|6}} in the film ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]''. She was scrapped in 1960.
* ''[[HMS Kenya (C14)|Kenya]]'' – Was heavily involved in World War II, being deployed to the Far East for some time. ''Kenya'' was also involved in the Korean War. She was scrapped in 1962.
* ''[[HMS Mauritius (C80)|Mauritius]]'' – She was involved in the [[Normandy Landings]], and other actions during World War II. She was scrapped in 1965.
* {{HMS|Nigeria|60|2}} – Was involved in [[Operation Pedestal]] (when she was damaged by [[Italian submarine Axum|Italian submarine ''Axum'']]), the largest attempt to assist the [[siege of Malta (World War II)|besieged island of Malta]] in 1942. She participated in raids on [[Sumatra]] as part of the [[Eastern Fleet]] in 1945, as well as a number of other deployments. She was sold to India in 1958, being renamed {{INS|Mysore|C60|2}}. She was scrapped in 1985.
* ''[[HMS Trinidad (C46)|Trinidad]]'' – In 1942 while engaging three German destroyers attacking convoy [[Convoy PQ13]], she was hit by her own torpedo, which had a faulty [[gyroscope]] causing it to run in circles, though she did destroy one of the German warships. After temporary repairs in USSR, on return journey through Barents Sea to UK ''Trinidad'' was hit by a bomb from ''Luftwaffe'' [[Junkers Ju 88]] bombers, further damaging her to an extent that she was scuttled with a torpedo the following day.

===''Ceylon'' group===
* {{HMS|Ceylon|C30|2}} – Was deployed to the Far East for much of World War II, and was heavily involved in the Korean War. She was decommissioned in 1960, and subsequently sold to Peru, being renamed ''Coronel Bolognesi''. She was decommissioned in 1982.
* {{HMS|Newfoundland|C59|2}} – She was torpedoed by the {{ship|Italian submarine|Ascianghi}}, receiving temporary repairs at [[Malta]], and full repairs at [[Boston Navy Yard]]. In 1944, the ship suffered an explosion at [[Alexandria]] while docked there. She sustained heavy damage, and suffered a number of casualties. She was in the Far East from 1945, supporting a number of operations there, and was present at the Japanese surrender, being one of the few British ships able to reach Japan in time. She sank the Egyptian frigate ''Domiat'', during the Suez operations, after the latter ship fired on her. She was sold to Peru in 1959, being renamed ''Almirante Grau'' and then ''Capitan Quinones'' in 1973. She was decommissioned in 1979 and scrapped in [[Japan]], the country that she and her crew fought against in World War II.
* {{HMS|Uganda|C66|2}} – Escorted {{RMS|Queen Mary}} to [[Washington, D.C.]], with [[Winston Churchill]] embarked. Covered the invasion of [[Sicily]] in 1943. She was then hit by a German [[glide bomb]] that same year, causing significant damage and killing sixteen of her crew and wounding seven. Following repairs carried out in 1944 in the US she was recommissioned in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] as HMCS ''Uganda''. She joined the [[British Pacific Fleet]] in 1945 taking part in a number of actions in the Far East. She was put in reserve in 1947 but recommissioned as HMCS ''Quebec'' for service in the [[Korean War]]. The ship was scrapped in 1961.