RN · CL
AfloatFiji-class light cruiser. Alexander Stephen at Govan launched her on 30 July 1942, and she was accepted into service on 13 July 1943. With the Eastern Fleet she screened the carriers at Sabang, Sourabaya, and the Andamans, bombarded Sabang in 1944, and in 1945 covered the Rangoon landings and patrolled off Burma against Japan. She was not sunk.
| Class | Fiji class |
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| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | 30 |
| Builder | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan, Glasgow |
| Launched | 1942-07-30 |
| Commissioned | 1943-07-13 |
| Fate | Afloat. Sold to Peru in 1960 and renamed Coronel Bolognesi. Geoffrey Mason dates the transfer at Portsmouth to 6 February 1960. Uboat.net dates the sale to 9 February 1960, records that she was discarded in May 1982, and says she was scrapped in Taiwan in August 1985. She was not sunk. |
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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.
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