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Black Prince

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TypeLight cruiser (CL)
Hull81
FateAfloat. Not sunk. Survived the war.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Black Prince
Photograph of British light cruiser HMS Black Prince , under tow on the Tyne . Public domain.

HMS Black Prince, pennant 81, was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy. Captain Dennis Marescaux Lees took command on 21 August 1943. He remained her captain until he was relieved on 29 April 1945.

On 1 April 1945 she was with Task Force 57 at Okinawa. Lees was still in command that day. She was not sunk.

Captain Gerald Vaughan Gladstone relieved Lees on 29 April 1945. His command of Black Prince lasted until 1 July 1946. She was not sunk. She survived the war.

The pictures on this page are the originals.