Editing Fiji-class cruiser

{{Short description|Class of British light cruisers}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
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|Ship image=HMS Nigeria.jpg
|Ship caption={{HMS|Nigeria|60|2}} in 1943
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Fiji'' class
|Builders=
*[[Alexander Stephens and Sons]] (2)
*[[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]] (1)
*[[John Brown and Company|John Brown]] (2)
*[[Swan Hunter]] (3)
*[[Vickers-Armstrongs]] (3)
|Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
* {{navy|Canada|naval-1911}}
* {{navy|New Zealand|1941}}
* {{navy|India|naval-1950}}
* {{navy|Peru}}
|Class before={{sclass|Dido|cruiser|4}},{{sclass|Town|cruiser|4||1936}}
|Class after={{sclass|Minotaur|cruiser|4||1943}}
|Subclasses=*''Fiji''
* ''Ceylon''
|Cost=
|Built range=1938–1943
|In service range= 
|In commission range= 1940–1985
|Total ships completed=11
|Total ships lost=2
|Total ships scrapped=9
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=
|Ship class=[[Light cruiser]]
|Ship displacement=* {{cvt|8530|LT|t|lk=on}} standard
* {{cvt|10450|LT|t}} full load
* Later {{cvt|10830|-|11090|LT|t}} full load
|Ship length=* {{convert|555|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} ([[o/a]])
* {{cvt|538|ft|m}} ([[p/p]])
|Ship beam={{convert|62|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|16|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*4 [[Admiralty 3-drum boiler]]s
* {{cvt|72,500|shp|kW|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=4 shafts; 4 geared [[steam turbines]]
|Ship speed=*{{convert|31.5|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|10,100|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
|Ship complement=* 730
* 920 war time
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=
* ''Fiji'' group:
** 12 × [[BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun|BL 6&nbsp;in (152&nbsp;mm) Mark XXIII guns]] in 4 triple mountings Mark XXI
** 8 × [[QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun|QF 4&nbsp;in (102&nbsp;mm) Mark XVI guns]] in 4 twin mountings Mark XIX
** 8 × [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2&nbsp;pdr (40&nbsp;mm) Mark VIII "pom-pom"]] in 2 quad mountings Mark VII
** 2 × triple [[British 21 inch torpedo|21&nbsp;in (533&nbsp;mm) tubes for torpedoes Mark IX]]
* ''Ceylon'' group:
** 9 × BL 6&nbsp;in (152&nbsp;mm) Mark XXIII guns in 3 triple mountings Mark XXI
** 8 × QF 4&nbsp;in (102&nbsp;mm) Mark XVI guns in 4 twin mountings Mark XIX
** 12 × QF 2&nbsp;pdr (40&nbsp;mm) Mark VIII in 3 quad mountings Mark VII
** 2 × triple 21&nbsp;in (533&nbsp;mm) tubes for torpedoes Mark IX
|Ship armour=*Belt {{cvt|3+1⁄2|–|3+1/4|in|mm}}
* Bulkheads {{cvt|2|–|1+1/2|in|mm}}
* Turrets {{cvt|2|–|1|in|mm}}
* Ring bulkheads {{cvt|1|in|mm}} max
|Ship aircraft=Two [[Supermarine Walrus]] aircraft (removed by 1944, never fitted in ''Fiji'' or ''Kenya'')
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
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The '''''Fiji''-class cruisers''' were a [[Ship class|class]] of eleven [[light cruiser]]s of the [[Royal Navy]] that saw extensive service throughout the [[Second World War]]. Each ship of the class was named after a [[Crown colony]] or other constituent territory of the [[British Empire|British Commonwealth and Empire]].  The class was also known as the '''Colony class''',<ref>US Office of Naval Intelligence, ''Index to Warships of the British Commonwealth'' (ONI-201), December 1944</ref> or '''Crown Colony class'''.<ref>''The Naval Review''  vol. 36, p. 65 (1948)</ref> Developed as more compact versions of the preceding {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|1||1936}}s, the last three were built to a slightly modified design and were sometimes also called the '''''Ceylon'' class'''.

==Design==
They were built to the limitations that the 1936 [[Second London Naval Treaty]] imposed on cruisers, which lowered the limit for a light cruiser set in the 1922 [[Washington Naval Treaty]] from 10,000&nbsp;tons to 8,000&nbsp;tons [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]]. Externally they appeared as smaller derivatives of the 1936 {{sclass2|Town|cruiser|1||1936}}s.

The ''Fiji''-class cruisers however, like the {{sclass|Minotaur|cruiser|4||1943}} that followed in the middle of the war, essentially carried the same armament on a 1,000-tons less displacement. The ''Fiji'' and ''Minotaur'' classes were very tight designs, built largely in war emergency conditions with little margin for any great updating postwar. The {{convert|62|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] imposing crippling limits.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

The ''Fiji'' class were distinguishable from the Towns as they had a [[transom (nautical)|transom]] stern and straight [[Funnel (ship)|funnels]] and [[Mast (sailing)|masts]]; those of the Towns being raked. The armour scheme was revised from that of the Towns; the main [[Belt armor|belt]] now protected the ammunition spaces for the {{convert|6|in|adj=on}} guns but the belt itself was reduced to {{convert|3.5|and|3.25|in|mm|abbr=on}} in the machinery spaces. The [[BL 6-inch Mk XXIII naval gun|6-inch Mk XXIII]] [[gun turret]]s and ammunition spaces were laid out as per the [[Town-class cruiser (1936)#Edinburgh|''Edinburgh'']] group of the Town class, except the after turrets were positioned a deck lower as in the ''Southampton'' and ''Gloucester'' groups. The long trunk version of the triple 6-inch turret fitted to the ''Fiji'' class was 25 tons heavier than the 150-ton turret on the Group 1 & 2 Towns and further cramped the design. The supply of ammunition to the {{convert|4|in|mm|0|adj=on}} guns was also improved, dispensing with the complicated conveyor system.

Due to the limited size of the ''Fiji'' class, a number of the ships had their [[Gun turret#Turret identification|'X' turret]] removed to fit additional light [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] (AA) guns. Ships of the first group were equipped with the [[HACS|High Angle Control System]] (HACS) for secondary armament AA fire while the ''Ceylon'' group used the [[Fuze Keeping Clock]] for AA fire control. Both groups used the [[Admiralty Fire Control Table]] for surface fire control of the main armament and the [[Admiralty Fire Control Clock]] for surface fire control of the secondary armament.<ref>Campbell, John, p. 15</ref> By the late 1940s most of the ''Fiji'' class had the updated [[List of World War II British naval radar#Type 274|Type 274]] 'lock and follow' surface fire control radar, which massively increased the chance of hits from the opening salvoes. In the 1950s (except during the [[Korean War]] and [[Suez crisis]]) no more than one of the MKXIII turrets was ever manned, with 'B' and 'Y' turrets mothballed due to the large number of crew required for their operation. This allowed for more liveable peacetime conditions by operating with a crew of 610–750 rather than the full wartime crew of 1,000–1,100.

==Modifications==
The addition of [[radar]] sets meant that spotting aircraft were now surplus to requirements,{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}<!--of no value in locating targets over the horizon...?--> allowing the removal of the aircraft facilities and [[Aircraft catapult#Interwar and World War II|catapult]]. Not only did this provide additional accommodation spaces for enlarged wartime crews, but there was no longer the need to carry large quantities of volatile aviation fuel; in 1940, {{HMS|Liverpool|C11|2}} had her [[Bow (ship)|bow]] blown off when a torpedo detonated the 5,700 gallons of aviation fuel stored forwards and was out of action for a year. ''Fiji'' and ''Kenya'' had never received the catapult, ''Nigeria'' had hers removed in 1941 and the other ships had theirs removed between 1942 and 1944.

The ''Ceylon'' group were completed without 'X' 6-inch turret, and between 1944 and 1945, those of ''Bermuda'', ''Jamaica'', ''Mauritius'' and ''Kenya'' were also removed. This allowed the carriage of additional light AA weapons, a quadruple [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2&nbsp;pdr pom-pom]] mounting Mark VII generally being carried in 'X' position. ''Bermuda'', ''Jamaica'' and ''Mauritius'' had 2 additional quadruple pom-poms added (for a total of five) and between two and four single pom-poms in powered mountings Mark XV. In ''Kenya'', all pom-poms were removed, and were replaced with five twin and eight single [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40&nbsp;mm Bofors guns]]. By the end of the war, ''Newfoundland'' had one and ''Uganda'' had two American pattern quadruple 40&nbsp;mm Bofors mounts Mark III and ''Nigeria'' had four single mounts Mark III. Generally, 6 to 24 [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm Oerlikon guns]] were also added in a mixture of single mounts Mark IIIA and twin powered mounts Mark V.

Postwar modifications of the class were very limited with improved Type 274 lock and follow surface fire control. ''Newfoundland'' had a fragile and unreliable 'glasshouse' version of Type 275 for twin 4-inch control,<ref group=note>The same was fitted to HMS ''Superb'' and ''Swiftsure''{{cn|date=April 2023}}</ref> ''Ceylon'' had the short range type 262 MRS1 AA control which was limited to about {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} range for tracking. ''Bermuda'' and  ''Gambia'' had much more advanced US Mk 63 radar with four High Angle [[Glossary of British ordnance terms#DCT|Director-Control Tower (DCT)]] and separate radar disks on the mounts themselves<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Last of the Colony cruisers |magazine=[[Ships Monthly]] |date=March 2016 |page=40}}</ref><!-- as in US cruiser secondary and tertiary 5- and 3-inch mounts --> using systems that were released by the cancellation of {{HMS|Vanguard|23|6}}'s 1955 long refit. Slightly improved new versions of the basic twin 4-inch gun mounts were generally fitted in extended refits in 1950; these had electric drive and could train and elevate at 20 degrees/sec to track subsonic jets.

US advice and offers under mutual assistance to replace the obsolete and inaccurate 4-inch guns with twin 3-inch 50-calibre turrets of similar weight and dimensions as the RN twin 4-inch Mark XIX turrets were rejected because the RN had huge stocks of 4-inch shells.{{cn|date=April 2023}} These ships would have been altered for water sprays to wash off [[nuclear fallout]] and received the Type 960 standard long-range air search radar. ''Newfoundland'' received a greater extent of electrical updating and rewiring with more comprehensive AA fire control and was the only ''Fiji''-class vessel updated close to the standard planned for the improved {{sclass|Dido|cruiser|0}} ships. The ''Fiji'' class were only refitted for shore bombardment and colonial patrol and presence. The mid-1950s refits of ''Ceylon'', ''Gambia'' and ''Bermuda'' were very austere. They included  increasing automation, the life of the geared steam turbines, and reducing manning below decks. There was simplification of the short range anti-aircraft defence to six to eight twin L/60 Bofors in Mk 5 twin mountings with a fire rate increased to 150&nbsp;rpm per gun (280–300&nbsp;rpm for each twin mounting). These would have stopped earlier WWII low-level or later [[Falklands War]]-type attacks, by which time the RN no longer fitted 40&nbsp;mm, the last were withdrawn with {{HMS|Bulwark|R08|6}} in 1981.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

==Service==
They served with distinction during the [[Second World War]]. ''Jamaica'' took part in a number of operations, including driving off the heavy cruisers {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Hipper||2}} and [[German cruiser Deutschland|''Lützow'']] in 1942, the sinking of the [[battleship]] {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}} in 1943, and escorting carrier air attacks on the battleship {{ship|German battleship|Tirpitz||2}} in 1944. {{HMS|Fiji|C58|2}} was sunk in 1941 by German aircraft during the [[battle of Crete]]. {{HMS|Trinidad|C46|2}} was lost on Arctic convoy duty in 1942; sailing at reduced speed due to damage in a surface action earlier she was set on fire by German air attack and scuttled. The survivors continued in service after the war, taking part in further actions, such as the [[Korean War]].

{{HMS|Ceylon|C30|2}} and  {{HMS|Newfoundland|C59|2}} were sold to [[Peru]] in 1959 becoming  the ''Coronel Bolognesi'', and ''Almirante Grau'' respectively. These two  were decommissioned by 1982. {{HMS|Nigeria|60|2}} was sold to [[India]] who had it reconstructed in 1954–7 to the same standard as ''Newfoundland''. As {{INS|Mysore|C60|6}}, the ship was heavily used from the time of her transfer, seeing action in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971 war with Pakistan]],<ref>A. Preston.'' Warships of the World''. Janes. London (1980) p87.</ref> and later converted to a harbour training ship in 1979. She was decommissioned by 1984 and then scrapped in 1985, and as such she was the longest-lived (41 years) member of her class.

All ships of the ''Fiji'' class were decommissioned from active service with the Royal Navy by 1962 and began being sold for scrap, though ''Bermuda'' was fully operational during 1961 and sometimes ventured to sea in 1962 as flagship of the [[Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)|Reserve Fleet]]. ''Gambia'' had been reduced to reserve in December 1960.

During the 1950s the larger Town-class cruisers were usually regarded as more habitable and comfortable in patrolling in the tropics and Far East, although being older their operational use generally ceased by 1958 and went for scrap the following year except for {{HMS|Sheffield|C24|2}} (which had at sea deployments as a reserve flagship until late 1960 and was then, maintained as a reserve headquarters ship) and {{HMS|Belfast|C35|2}} which stayed in active seaworthy service until 1963. ''Sheffield'' and ''Belfast'' were the last of the wartime commissioned cruisers considered capable of reactivation for GFS and were in semi maintained reserve until the election of the Labour Government in 1964, which immediately decided to scrap them, pending short term use as accommodation ships and consideration for historical preservation.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

The last ''Fiji''-class cruisers were seriously deteriorating due to being in an unmaintained extended reserve status many years. ''Gambia'' was considered as an alternative for use as the London museum ship, as the ship's condition was more original than ''Belfast'', but ''Gambia'' was sold for scrap in 1968, because the state of the ship made it more expensive to preserve than ''Belfast''.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} .

==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.

== See also ==
* [[List of ship classes of the Second World War]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

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==External links==
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* [http://maritime.org/doc/br224/part1.htm#par20 Gunnery Layout of "Mauritius" Class Cruiser. from Gunnery Pocket Book 1945] placed online courtesy of Historic Naval Ships Association

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