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Phoebe

Afloat

Dido-class anti-aircraft cruiser, pennant 43. Fairfield at Govan launched her on 25 March 1939 and she was completed in September 1940. From June 1944 she was a fighter-direction cruiser with the Eastern Fleet and then the East Indies Fleet, covering the Sabang strike and the 1945 Burma landings. She was not sunk.

Class	Dido class
Type	Light cruiser (CL)
Hull	43
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Launched	1939-03-25
Commissioned	1940-09-30
Fate	Afloat. Returned to the United Kingdom in September 1945 and paid off into reserve in 1952. Sold to BISCO in 1956 and arrived at Blyth on 1 August 1956 to be broken up. Not sunk.
Command	Ballance, Frank Arthur Commander from 17 September 1941; Relieved on 10 March 1942 Frend, Charles Peter Captain from 10 March 1942; Relieved on 4 August 1944 Raw, Sidney Moffat Captain from 4 August 1944; Relieved in late 1945

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

Command

FBBallance, Frank ArthurCommander from 17 September 1941Relieved on 10 March 1942 CFFrend, Charles PeterCaptain from 10 March 1942Relieved on 4 August 1944 SRRaw, Sidney MoffatCaptain from 4 August 1944Relieved in late 1945

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