RN · CL
AfloatDido-class light cruiser, pennant 61, built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. Uboat.net dates the laying down 21 November 1939. She was launched on 6 September 1941 and commissioned for service on 14 July 1942. In 1945 she screened British Pacific Fleet carriers off Sumatra, served as a radar picket with Task Force 57 off the Sakishima Gunto during the Okinawa landings, and was off Japan in July and August. She was not sunk.
| Class | Dido class |
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| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | 61 |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Launched | 1941-09-06 |
| Commissioned | 1942-07-14 |
| Fate | Afloat. Not sunk, and not lost in action against Japan. Returned to Portsmouth in 1946 and was reduced to reserve. Sold to BISCO for demolition by J. Cashmore and arrived at Newport in November 1955. Uboat.net dates that arrival 19 November 1955. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Command
ELLongley-Cook, Eric William LongleyCaptain from 21 April 1942Relieved on 1 January 1943FWWalford, Frederick StanleyCommander from 6 January 1943Relieved on 28 March 1943HHHaynes, Henry JohnActing Captain from 16 March 1943Relieved on 27 July 1943FWWalford, Frederick StanleyCommander from 27 July 1943Relieved on 27 October 1943ELLongley-Cook, Eric William LongleyCaptain from 27 October 1943Relieved on 10 January 1945WMMcCarthy, William PatrickCaptain from 10 January 1945Listed in command until mid-1946
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · Task Force 57 radar picket off the Sakishima Gunto for the Okinawa landings, March to May 1945, not sunk.
Afloat
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Rennell IslandGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsOperation Hailstone, the raid on TrukBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle off Cape EngañoIwo JimaOkinawa
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