RNZN · CL
AfloatFiji-class light cruiser. Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Wallsend-on-Tyne launched her on 30 November 1940. The Royal Navy completed her on 21 February 1942, and she was commissioned as HMNZS Gambia at Liverpool on 22 September 1943. With the Eastern Fleet in 1944 she screened the carriers at Sabang and Sourabaya and bombarded Sabang; in 1945, with the British Pacific Fleet, she covered the Sakishima Gunto strikes, bombarded Kamaishi on 9 August, and was still with the fleet when hostilities against Japan ceased on 15 August. She was not sunk.
| Class | Fiji class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | 48 |
| Builder | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne |
| Launched | 1940-11-30 |
| Commissioned | 1943-09-22 |
| Fate | Afloat. Arrived at Spithead on 27 March 1946 and was paid off from the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 July 1946. Paid off at Portsmouth on 7 December 1960. Arrived at T. W. Ward, Inverkeithing, on 5 December 1968 to be broken up. She was not sunk. |
| Command |
|
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · Joined Task Force 57 on 23 March 1945 for the Sakishima Gunto strikes of Operation ICEBERG and bombarded Nobara airfield on Miyako on 4 May; not sunk
Crew stories
No stories submitted yet. Submit a Story.