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Euryalus

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TypeLight cruiser (CL)
Hull42
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.

Euryalus
Photograph of British light cruiser HMS Euryalus at a buoy on completion. Public domain.

HMS Euryalus was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy and carried pennant number 42. Captain Richard Oliver-Bellasis commanded her from 15 June 1944. He was relieved on 24 September 1945.

On 1 April 1945 the cruiser was with Task Force 57 at Okinawa. She was not sunk in that battle and remained with the task force. Euryalus survived the war.

The pictures on this page are the originals.