Editing Dido-class cruiser (section)

==Post-war development==
Post war in the expanded 1951 programme of the Korean War Emergency a broad beam ''Bellona'' class armed with four twin 4.5-inch guns<ref name=m9/> was considered as a cruiser option along with the 1951 ''Minotaur'' class<ref>B.Watson. ''The changing face of the world's Navies 1945 to present''. Arms & armour. London (1991) p. 79</ref>

''Black Prince'' was loaned to the RNZN after the war and was operational briefly in 1947 before part of her crew mutinied and were discharged. After refit in 1952, with eight single electric powered 40mm Bofors and six single 20 mm Oerlikon, it was operated till 1955, during which it visited the 1953 Fleet Review at Spithead. ''Diadem'' (renamed after ''[[Babur]]'', the founder of the Mughal dynasty) was sold to Pakistan in 1956 after a modest refit with Type 293 and Type 281 radar and standardised twin 40mm twin and single light AA guns. ''Babur''  became a cadet training ship in 1962 but was brought into use and her 5.25-inch guns were fired in the limited naval activities during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].