Can you do listing of warships of Britain, France? I would like to see thatNo, some of the Battlecruisers listed either never got completed as designed or were scrapped.
Can you do listing of warships of Britain, France? I would like to see thatNo, some of the Battlecruisers listed either never got completed as designed or were scrapped.
I can do that at some point in the near future.Can you do listing of warships of Britain, France? I would like to see that
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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SMS Kolberg | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | April 12, 1921 | May 23, 1923 | April 17, 1925 | August 6, 1946 | Scrapped in Konigsberg, 1947. |
SMS Elbing | AG Vulcan, Stettin | July 27, 1921 | August 20, 1923 | November 11, 1925 | Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. | |
SMS Heidelberg | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | August 7, 1921 | May 23, 1924 | January 15, 1926 | July 22, 1946 | Scrapped in Konigsberg, 1947 |
SMS Kolmar | AG Weser, Bremen | September 2, 1921 | June 10, 1924 | March 19, 1926 | Sunk by naval mines off Heligoland, September 7, 1943. | |
SMS Stettin | AG Weser, Bremen | September 9, 1921 | July 2, 1924 | May 2, 1926 | August 19, 1944 | Damaged by air attack, June 1944. Scrapped in Bremen, 1944-1945. |
SMS Königsberg | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | December 8, 1921 | January 7, 1925 | October 15, 1927 | March 29, 1956 | Test ship, 1947. Scrapped in Bremen, 1958. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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SMS Berlin | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | November 14, 1924 | August 2, 1926 | July 28, 1928 | Damaged by German bombers in the Baltic, September 1941. Scuttled the following day. |
SMS Darmstadt | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | December 3, 1924 | November 4, 1926 | September 28, 1928 | Sunk by Australian warships in the Indian Ocean, November 1941. |
SMS Augsburg | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | April 28, 1925 | October 18, 1927 | October 8, 1929 | Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. |
Ersatz Graudenz | AG Vulcan, Stettin | Reordered as an Essen class Cruiser. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Essen Subclass |
SMS Essen | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | April 30, 1930 | October 27, 1931 | September 5, 1932 | April, 1948 | Scrapped in Bremen, 1949-1950. |
SMS Breslau | Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven | June 11, 1930 | December 6, 1931 | November 2, 1932 | Sunk by HMS Ashanti near Narvik, January 24, 1943. | |
SMS Hamburg | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | May 7, 1930 | January 9, 1932 | December 28, 1932 | Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. | |
SMS München | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | July 9, 1930 | February 26, 1932 | March 17, 1933 | Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. | |
SMS Bremen | AG Vulcan, Stettin | September 30, 1930 | May 9, 1932 | June 6, 1933 | April, 1948. | Scrapped in Bremen, 1951. |
SMS Graudenz | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | July 1, 1930 | February 4, 1932 | April 3, 1933 | April, 1948. | Scrapped in Konigsberg, 1950. |
Lüttich Subclass |
SMS Lüttich | AG Vulcan, Stettin | February 2, 1933 | July 30, 1934 | June 19, 1935 | April, 1948. | Sold to Chile, 1952. BU in Australia, 1977. |
SMS Danzig | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | March 10, 1933 | September 14, 1934 | August 29, 1935 | Sunk during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, July 1941. | |
SMS Regensburg | AG Vulcan, Stettin | February 11, 1933 | August 19, 1934 | July 1, 1935 | April 1948. | Scrapped in Bremen, 1951. |
SMS Stuttgart | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | April 9, 1933 | November 2, 1934 | October 24, 1935 | Sunk by British Aircraft in the Indian Ocean, March 1942. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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SMS Köslin | Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven | June 5, 1935 | January 19, 1937 | April 9, 1938 | August 4, 1964 | Scrapped in Bremen, 1970. |
SMS Mainz | Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven | June 22, 1935 | February 26, 1937 | June 11, 1938 | June 16, 1962 | Scrapped in Troon, 1969. |
SMS Frankfurt | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | September 19, 1935 | March 18, 1936 | September 27, 1938 | Sunk by British destroyers near Trondheim, March 1943. | |
SMS Koblenz | Schichau-Werke, Danzig | December 2, 1935 | May 5, 1937 | February 24, 1939 | December, 1965 | Scrapped in Cherbourg, 1967. |
SMS Aachen | Schichau-Werke, Danzig | December 19, 1935 | July 4, 1937 | April 12, 1939 | May, 1964 | Scrapped in Blyth, 1968. |
SMS Stralsund | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | March 2, 1936 | April 21, 1938 | January 7, 1940 | December, 1965 | Scrapped in Cherbourg, 1968. |
Nice work. I’m guessing the Köslin Class here is similar to the Admiral Hipper Class OTL.German Light Cruisers of the Second Great War (Part 1)
View attachment 659304
Kolberg class Light Cruiser (1925-1927)
Specifications (following 1932 refit)
Weight: 7,700 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x geared steam turbines
Range: 7,300 nautical miles
Speed: 32 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Heinkel He 60 Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 65mm
- Main Deck: 40mm
- Bulkheads: 70mm
- Turrets: 30mm
- Conning Tower: 100mm
- 9x 6 in guns (3x3)
- 6x 88mm AA guns (3x2)
- 8x 37mm AA guns (4x2)
- 4x 20mm AA guns
- 6x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
- 120 naval mines
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateSMS Kolberg Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel April 12, 1921 May 23, 1923 April 17, 1925 August 6, 1946 Scrapped in Konigsberg, 1947. SMS Elbing AG Vulcan, Stettin July 27, 1921 August 20, 1923 November 11, 1925 Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. SMS Heidelberg Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel August 7, 1921 May 23, 1924 January 15, 1926 July 22, 1946 Scrapped in Konigsberg, 1947 SMS Kolmar AG Weser, Bremen September 2, 1921 June 10, 1924 March 19, 1926 Sunk by naval mines off Heligoland, September 7, 1943. SMS Stettin AG Weser, Bremen September 9, 1921 July 2, 1924 May 2, 1926 August 19, 1944 Damaged by air attack, June 1944. Scrapped in Bremen, 1944-1945. SMS Königsberg Howaldtswerke, Kiel December 8, 1921 January 7, 1925 October 15, 1927 March 29, 1956 Test ship, 1947. Scrapped in Bremen, 1958.
View attachment 659312
Berlin class Light Cruiser (1928-1929)
Specifications (following 1939 refit)
Weight: 8,250 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x geared steam turbines
Range: 5,400 nautical miles
Speed: 32 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Heinkel He 60 Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 65mm
- Main Deck: 40mm
- Bulkheads: 70mm
- Turrets: 30mm
- Conning Tower: 100mm
- 9x 6 in guns (3x3)
- 6x 88mm AA guns (3x2)
- 8x 37mm AA guns (4x2)
- 8x 20mm AA guns
- 6x 533mm torpedo tubes (4x3)
- 120 naval mines
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned FateSMS Berlin Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel November 14, 1924 August 2, 1926 July 28, 1928 Damaged by German bombers in the Baltic, September 1941. Scuttled the following day. SMS Darmstadt Blohm & Voss, Hamburg December 3, 1924 November 4, 1926 September 28, 1928 Sunk by Australian warships in the Indian Ocean, November 1941. SMS Augsburg Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel April 28, 1925 October 18, 1927 October 8, 1929 Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. Ersatz Graudenz AG Vulcan, Stettin Reordered as an Essen class Cruiser.
View attachment 659324
Essen class Light Cruiser (1932-1935)
Specifications (following 1939 refit)
Weight: 8,900 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x geared steam turbines
Range: 5,400 nautical miles
Speed: 31 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Heinkel He 60 Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 50mm
- Main Deck: 25mm
- Bulkheads: 70mm
- Turrets: 30mm
- Conning Tower: 100mm
- Barbettes: 80mm
- 9x 6 in guns (3x3)
- 8x 88mm AA guns (4x2)
- 8x 37mm AA guns (4x2)
- 8x 20mm AA guns
- 6x 533mm torpedo tubes (4x3)
- 120 naval mines
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate
Essen Subclass
SMS Essen Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel April 30, 1930 October 27, 1931 September 5, 1932 April, 1948 Scrapped in Bremen, 1949-1950. SMS Breslau Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven June 11, 1930 December 6, 1931 November 2, 1932 Sunk by HMS Ashanti near Narvik, January 24, 1943. SMS Hamburg Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel May 7, 1930 January 9, 1932 December 28, 1932 Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. SMS München Howaldtswerke, Kiel July 9, 1930 February 26, 1932 March 17, 1933 Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. SMS Bremen AG Vulcan, Stettin September 30, 1930 May 9, 1932 June 6, 1933 April, 1948. Scrapped in Bremen, 1951. SMS Graudenz Howaldtswerke, Kiel July 1, 1930 February 4, 1932 April 3, 1933 April, 1948. Scrapped in Konigsberg, 1950.
Lüttich Subclass
SMS Lüttich AG Vulcan, Stettin February 2, 1933 July 30, 1934 June 19, 1935 April, 1948. Sold to Chile, 1952. BU in Australia, 1977. SMS Danzig Howaldtswerke, Kiel March 10, 1933 September 14, 1934 August 29, 1935 Sunk during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, July 1941. SMS Regensburg AG Vulcan, Stettin February 11, 1933 August 19, 1934 July 1, 1935 April 1948. Scrapped in Bremen, 1951. SMS Stuttgart Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel April 9, 1933 November 2, 1934 October 24, 1935 Sunk by British Aircraft in the Indian Ocean, March 1942.
View attachment 659364
Köslin class Light Cruiser (1938-1949)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 16,600 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 3x geared steam turbines
Range: 9,100 nautical miles
Speed: 32 knots
Sensors: FuMO 22 Radar
Aviation Capacity: 3 Arado Ar196 Floatplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 80mm
- Main Deck: 40mm
- Bulkheads: 80mm
- Turrets: 120mm
- Conning Tower: 150mm
- Barbettes: 80mm
- 12x 6 in guns (4x3)
- 12x 88mm AA guns (6x2)
- 12x 37mm AA guns (6x2)
- 10x 20mm AA guns
- 6x 533mm torpedo tubes (4x3)
Additional ships in class completed after the war (1945-1949): Berlin, Emden, Marienburg, Breslau, Kolmar, Metz, Strassburg, and Stuttgart.
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateSMS Köslin Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven June 5, 1935 January 19, 1937 April 9, 1938 August 4, 1964 Scrapped in Bremen, 1970. SMS Mainz Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven June 22, 1935 February 26, 1937 June 11, 1938 June 16, 1962 Scrapped in Troon, 1969. SMS Frankfurt Howaldtswerke, Kiel September 19, 1935 March 18, 1936 September 27, 1938 Sunk by British destroyers near Trondheim, March 1943. SMS Koblenz Schichau-Werke, Danzig December 2, 1935 May 5, 1937 February 24, 1939 December, 1965 Scrapped in Cherbourg, 1967. SMS Aachen Schichau-Werke, Danzig December 19, 1935 July 4, 1937 April 12, 1939 May, 1964 Scrapped in Blyth, 1968. SMS Stralsund Blohm & Voss, Hamburg March 2, 1936 April 21, 1938 January 7, 1940 December, 1965 Scrapped in Cherbourg, 1968.
Yes, and it's a light cruiser variant of the Roon class (which is ITTL's Hipper.)Nice work. I’m guessing the Köslin Class here is similar to the Admiral Hipper Class OTL.
Gotcha. Did you ever make something for the Design 1047 Battlecruiser? I recall a design specification similar to it when you made the battleships and battlecruisers.Yes, and it's a light cruiser variant of the Roon class (which is ITTL's Hipper.)
The Seydlitz is the closest thing, but I based it more from the Scharnhorst.Gotcha. Did you ever make something for the Design 1047 Battlecruiser? I recall a design specification similar to it when you made the battleships and battlecruisers.
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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SMS Königsberg | AG Weser, Bremen | 1914 | December 18, 1915 | August 18, 1916 | December 2, 1920 | Wrecked on Baltrum, December 1, 1920. |
SMS Karlshruhe | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | 1915 | January 31, 1916 | November 15, 1916 | Sunk in Wilhelmshaven, July 2, 1941. BU 1946. | |
SMS Emden | AG Weser, Bremen | 1914 | February 1, 1916 | December 16, 1916 | November 18, 1940 | Sunk as a blockship, March, 1941. |
SMS Nürnberg | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | 1915 | April 14, 1916 | February 15, 1917 | April 1945 | Scrapped in Bremen, 1947. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMS Köln | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | 1915 | October 5, 1916 | January 17, 1918 | April, 1945 | Scrapped in Bremen, 1947 |
SMS Wiesbaden | AG Vulcan, Stettin | 1915 | March 3, 1917 | October 29, 1918 | April, 1945 | Sunk for Target Practice in the North Sea, 1946. |
SMS Rostock | AG Vulcan, Stettin | 1915 | April 6, 1918 | January 4, 1919 | Sunk by British Bombers off Trondheim, May 6, 1943. | |
SMS Frauenlob | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | 1915 | October 16, 1918 | June 19, 1919 | April, 1945 | Scrapped in Bremen, 1947. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMS Dresden | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | 1916 | April 25, 1916 | March 28, 1918 | April 9, 1945 | Scrapped in Königsberg, 1947. |
SMS Leipzig | AG Weser, Bremen | 1915 | February 28, 1918 | December 5, 1918 | March 26, 1945 | Preserved in Flensburg, December 1946. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMS Magdeburg | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | 1916 | March 17, 1918 | August 5, 1922 | Sunk by naval mines in the Gulf of Riga, April 18, 1943. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMS Peter Strasser (ex Prinz Eitel Friedrich) | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | May 1st, 1915 | November 4, 1917 | December 7, 1922 | Sunk by British submarine HMS Upholder, June 9, 1942 in Skaggerak. | |
SMS Elbe (ex Fürst Bismarck) | Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven | November 3, 1915 | February 10, 1920 | March 7, 1923 | June 1945 | Scrapped in Danzig, 1947-1948. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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SMS Graf Zeppelin | Kaiserliche-Werft Kiel | December 28, 1932 | December 8, 1934 | February 16, 1937 | Sunk by British aircraft in the North Atlantic, May 9, 1943. | |
SMS Max Immelmann | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel | August 1, 1933 | July 24, 1935 | October 2, 1938 | July, 1956 | Training Aircraft Carrier, September 1950. Scrapped in Danzig, 1957. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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SMS Hermann Göring (ex SS Scharnhorst) | AG Weser Bremen/AG Vulcan, Danzig | 1932 | December 1934 | 1935/August 2, 1942 | December 1944 | Returned to civilian owners, 1945. |
SMS Werner Mölders (ex SS Gniesenau) | AG Weser Bremen/AG Vulcan Danzig | 1934 | January 1935 | June 1936/September 29, 1942 | December 1944 | Returned to civilian owners, 1945. |
SMS Manfred von Richthofen (ex SS Potsdam) | Blohm und Voss, Hamburg/AG Vulcan Danzig | 1934 | May 1935 | January 1936/January 11, 1943 | December 1944 | Returned to civilian owners, 1945. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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SMS Oder (ex USS Glacier) | Federal Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia | June 1942 | September 1942 | July 3, 1943 | 1945 | Sold into commercial shipping, Spring 1945. |
SMS Rhien (ex USS Baffins) | Federal Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia | June 1942 | September 1942 | June 28, 1943 | Sunk by British aircraft near Iceland, September 7, 1943. | |
SMS Maas (ex Carniegie) | Federal Shipyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia | August 1942 | November 1942 | August 13, 1943 | 1945 | Sold into commercial shipping, Spring 1945. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Canterbury (52) | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. | August 28, 1922 | December 23, 1923 | April 1926 | Sunk during the Battle of the English Channel, May 6, 1944. |
HMS Leeds (66) | Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. | September 23, 1922 | May 19, 1924 | January 1926 | Sunk by Luftwaffe Aircraft in the Scheldt Estuary, January 7, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1947-1952. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Leander (75) | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. | September 8, 1930 | September 24, 1931 | March 24, 1933 | Sunk by SMS Admiral Hipper in the Indian Ocean, October 11, 1941. | |
HMS Orion (85) | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. | September 26, 1931 | November 24, 1932 | January 18, 1934 | Sunk by USS Hammerhead off Greenland, January 2, 1943. | |
HMS Neptune (20) | Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. | September 24, 1931 | January 31, 1933 | February 23, 1934 | Sunk by naval mines near Jaffa, August 9, 1942. | |
HMS Achilles (70) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. | June 11, 1931 | September 1, 1932 | October 6, 1933 | Sunk by US Navy aircraft near Bermuda, April 13, 1943. | |
HMS Ajax (22) | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow. | February 7, 1933 | March 1, 1934 | April 12, 1935 | September 2, 1944 | Damaged, March 29, 1944 and never repaired. Reparation transport, 1944-1947. BU 1948. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMAS Perth (D29) - ex HMS Amphion | Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. | June 26, 1933 | July 27, 1934 | July 6, 1936 | March 1960 | RAN, August 1939. Reserve, 1955. BU in Toulon, 1962. |
HMAS Hobart (D63) - ex HMS Apollo | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. | August 15, 1933 | October 9, 1934 | January 13, 1936 | January 1960 | RAN, September 1938. Training Ship, 1956. BU in Marseille, 1961. |
HMAS Sydney (D48) - ex HMS Phaeton | Swan Hunter, Wallsend. | July 8, 1933 | September 22, 1934 | September 24, 1935 | Sunk by Ottoman Bombers in the Eastern Mediterranean, December 4, 1942. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Arethusa (26) | Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. | January 25, 1933 | March 6, 1934 | May 23, 1935 | Severely damaged by SMS Admiral Scheer, December 27, 1941, foundered the next day. |
HMS Aurora (12) | Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. | July 23, 1935 | August 20, 1936 | November 12, 1937 | Sunk in SMS U-894 in the South Atlantic, September 7, 1941. |
HMS Galatea (71) | Scotts, Greenock | June 2, 1933 | August 9, 1934 | August 14, 1935 | Sunk by Yavuz Sultan Selim off Cyprus, July 1, 1943. |
HMS Penelope (97) | Swan Hunter, Wallsend. | May 30, 1934 | October 15, 1935 | November 13, 1936 | Sunk by USS Philadelphia off Bermuda, April 9th, 1943. |
HMS Medusa (54) | Scotts, Greenock | July 2, 1935 | August 16, 1936 | December 1, 1937 | Sunk in Portsmouth by Luftwaffe Aircraft, May 22, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1948. |
Southampton Subclass |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Southampton (83) | John Brown, Clydebank | November 21, 1934 | March 10, 1936 | March 6, 1937 | Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. | |
HMS Birmingham (19) | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. | July 18, 1935 | June 20, 1936 | September 9, 1937 | Sunk by USS Boston in the North Atlantic, December 4, 1942. | |
HMS Newcastle (76) | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | April 10, 1934 | January 23, 1936 | April 5, 1937 | August 19, 1944 | To Germany (SMS Danzig) as war reparations, September 1944. |
HMS Glasgow (21) | Scotts, Greenock | April 16, 1935 | September 1, 1936 | November 18, 1937 | Sunk by Japanese destroyers in the Indian Ocean, April 29, 1944. | |
HMS Sheffield (24) - (D24), 1948 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | January 31, 1935 | July 23, 1936 | August 25, 1937 | September 1964 | Training ship, April 1959. Scrapped in Bo Ness, 1964. |
Gloucester Subclass |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HMS Gloucester (62) | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. | September 22, 1936 | October 19, 1937 | January 31, 1939 | Sunk by US Navy warships in the Denmark Strait, November 12, 1942. | |
HMS Leicester (28) | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | August 1, 1936 | September 12, 1937 | December 2, 1938 | Sunk by Japanese destroyers in the Indian Ocean, April 29, 1944. | |
HMS Liverpool (11) | Fairfield, Govan | January 17, 1936 | March 24, 1937 | November 2, 1938 | Sunk during the Battle of the English Channel, May 6, 1944. | |
HMS Manchester (15) | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | March 28, 1936 | April 12, 1937 | August 4, 1938 | July 29, 1944 | Barracks ship for US occupation forces, July 1944. Scuttled in the North Sea, January 24, 1946. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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HMS Edinburgh (16) | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | December 10, 1936 | March 17, 1938 | August 3, 1939 | Sunk by USN Destroyers near the Falklands, August 16, 1943. | |
HMS Bristol (35) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. | December 30, 1936 | March 31, 1938 | July 6, 1939 | August 1, 1944 | To Germany (SMS Passau) as war reparations, September 1944. |
HMS Norwich (39) | Fairfield, Govan | December 23, 1936 | April 10, 1938 | August 29, 1939 | Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. | |
HMS Oxford (51) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. | January 16, 1937 | May 2, 1938 | September 19, 1939 | Sunk by SMS U-517 off Iceland, February 19, 1943. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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HMS Dido (37) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. | October 20, 1937 | July 18, 1939 | September 30, 1940 | Sunk by USN aircraft in Portsmouth, June 2, 1944. BU 1946-1947. | |
HMS Argonaut (61) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. | November 21, 1939 | September 6, 1941 | August 8, 1942 | Sunk during the Battle of the English Channel, May 6, 1944. | |
HMS Bonaventure (31) | Scotts, Greenock | August 30, 1937 | April 19, 1939 | May 24, 1940 | August 2, 1944 | Badly damaged, May 16, 1944 and never repaired. BU 1947. |
HMS Cleopatra (33) | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | January 5, 1939 | March 27, 1940 | December 15, 1941 | Sunk during the Second Battle of Bermuda, April 11, 1943. | |
HMS Euryalus (42) | Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. | October 21, 1937 | June 6, 1939 | June 30, 1941 | Sunk by SMS UC-312 in the Aegean Sea, June 2, 1942. | |
HMS Hermione (74) | A. Stephens, Linthouse. | October 6, 1937 | May 18, 1939 | March 25, 1941 | Sunk by Japanese battleships in the Indian Ocean, April 24, 1944. | |
HMS Naiad (93) | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | August 26, 1937 | January 3, 1939 | August 24, 1940 | September 2, 1944 | Damaged by USN aircraft in Scapa Flow, April 12, 1944, never repaired. BU 1945. |
HMS Phoebe (43) | Fairfield, Govan | September 2, 1937 | March 25, 1939 | September 30, 1940 | Sunk during the Battle of Rockall Bank, October 6, 1943. | |
HMS Sirius (82) | Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. | April 6, 1938 | September 18, 1940 | May 6, 1942 | August 9, 1944 | To the Ottoman Empire (Hüdâvendigâr) as war reparations, September 1944. |
Fiji Subclass |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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HMS Fiji (58) | John Brown, Clydebank | March 30, 1938 | May 31, 1939 | May 17, 1940 | Sunk by German destroyers off Norway, November 9, 1942. | |
HMS Kenya (14) | A. Stephens, Linthouse. | June 18, 1938 | August 18, 1939 | September 27, 1940 | August 29, 1944 | To Austria-Hungary (SMS Zenta) as war reparations, September 1944. |
HMS Hong Kong (52) | John Brown, Clydebank | November 30, 1939 | December 29, 1940 | September 27, 1941 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft near Singapore, June 29, 1943. | |
HMS Mauritius (80) - HMNZS Auckland (C80), 1948 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | March 31, 1938 | July 19, 1939 | January 1, 1941 | December 1966 | RNZN, September 1941. Scrapped in Cherbourg, 1967. |
HMS Gambia (48) | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | July 24, 1939 | November 30, 1940 | February 21, 1942 | Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. | |
HMNZS St. Helena (C44) - Wellington, 1948 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | April 28, 1939 | November 16, 1940 | June 29, 1942 | December 1966 | Scrapped in Blyth, 1969. |
HMS Nigeria (60) | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | February 8, 1938 | July 18, 1939 | September 23, 1940 | Sunk by USN cruisers in the North Atlantic, December 22, 1942. | |
HMS Malta (46) - HMAS Brisbane (D46), October 11, 1942 | Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. | April 21, 1938 | March 21, 1940 | October 14, 1941 | June 1963 | RAN, October 1942. Scrapped in Brisbane, 1966. |
Ceylon Subclass |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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HMS Ceylon (30) | A. Stephens, Linthouse. | April 27, 1939 | July 30, 1942 | July 13, 1943 | Sunk by German cruisers near Trondheim, August 2, 1943. | |
HMS Bermuda (59) - ex Singapore | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | September 11, 1939 | December 19, 1941 | January 20, 1943 | August 19, 1944 | To USA (USS Boise (CLF-150)) as war reparations, September 1944. |
HMS Uganda (66) | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | July 20, 1939 | August 7, 1941 | January 3, 1943 | December 1944 | Sold to India (INS Delhi), March 1946. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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HMS Bellona (63) | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | November 30, 1939 | September 29, 1942 | October 29, 1943 | Sunk by USN aircraft near the Orkneys, February 2, 1944. | |
HMS Black Prince (81) | Fairfield, Govan | November 2, 1939 | August 27, 1942 | November 20, 1943 | Sunk by German destroyers near the Scheldt Estuary, March 2, 1944. | |
HMS Diadem (84) | Fairfield, Govan | December 15, 1939 | August 26, 1942 | January 6, 1944 | Sunk by naval mines near Portsmouth, January 24, 1944. | |
HMS Royalist (89) | A. Stephens, Linthouse. | March 21, 1940 | May 30, 1942 | September 10, 1943 | September 5, 1944 | To the Netherlands (HNLMS Tromp) as war reparations, September 1944. |
HMS Spartan (95) | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | December 21, 1939 | August 27, 1942 | August 10, 1943 | Sunk by German destroyers near Narvik, October 4, 1943. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Planned Commissioning | Fate |
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HMS Bedford (08) | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Occupied N. Ireland. | November 20, 1941 | August 29, 1943 | December 1944 | Work suspended, March 1944. Scuttled as blockship, March 29, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1947. |
HMS Birkenhead (53) | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | September 22, 1941 | February 4, 1943 | September 1944 | Work suspended, March 1944. Scrapped incomplete, 1945-1946. |
HMS Cambridge (98) | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Occupied N. Ireland. | December 3, 1941 | September 28, 1943 | December 1944 | Work suspended, March 1944. Scuttled as blockship, March 29, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1947. |
HMS Margate (88) | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | October 8, 1941 | May 2, 1943 | September 1944 | Work suspended, March 1944. Sunk during air-raid, June 2, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1949-1950. |
HMS Weymouth (102) | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | February 9, 1942 | November 15, 1943 | Spring 1945 | Work suspended, March 1944. Scrapped incomplete 1945. |
Haven't yet heard of the Battle of the English Channel yet. This looks like where the Imperial German Navy finally regains the upper hand and gains supremacy over the English Channel. You plan on publishing your post for this soon?British and Commonwealth Light Cruisers of the Second Great War
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Canterbury class Light Cruiser (1926)
Specifications (following 1939 refit)
Weight: 9,450 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Curtis-Brown geared steam turbines, 8x Yarrow Boilers
Range: 8,000 nautical miles
Speed: 33 knots
Aviation Capacity: 1 Fairey Seafox Floatplane, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 76mm
- Main Deck: 25mm
- Gun Shields: 25mm
- Conning Tower: 76mm
- 7 x 6 in guns
- 3 x 102mm DP guns
- 2 x 40mm AA guns
- 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns (2x4)
- 16 x 533mm torpedo tubes (4x4)
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned FateHMS Canterbury (52) Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. August 28, 1922 December 23, 1923 April 1926 Sunk during the Battle of the English Channel, May 6, 1944. HMS Leeds (66) Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. September 23, 1922 May 19, 1924 January 1926 Sunk by Luftwaffe Aircraft in the Scheldt Estuary, January 7, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1947-1952.
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Leander class Light Cruiser (1933-1935)
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 7,270 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 6x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 10,300 nautical miles
Speed: 32.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 1 Supermarine Walrus Floatplane, 1 catapult
Sensors: Type 279 early warning radar, Type 284 and 285 fire control radars.
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 76mm on 25mm Plating
- Box Magazine Protection: 89mm
- Bulkheads: 38mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 25mm
- Barbettes: 25mm
- 8 x 6 in guns (4x2)
- 8 x 102mm DP guns (4x2)
- 3 x 40mm AA guns
- 12 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns (3x4)
- 8 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x4)
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMS Leander (75) Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. September 8, 1930 September 24, 1931 March 24, 1933 Sunk by SMS Admiral Hipper in the Indian Ocean, October 11, 1941. HMS Orion (85) Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. September 26, 1931 November 24, 1932 January 18, 1934 Sunk by USS Hammerhead off Greenland, January 2, 1943. HMS Neptune (20) Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. September 24, 1931 January 31, 1933 February 23, 1934 Sunk by naval mines near Jaffa, August 9, 1942. HMS Achilles (70) Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. June 11, 1931 September 1, 1932 October 6, 1933 Sunk by US Navy aircraft near Bermuda, April 13, 1943. HMS Ajax (22) Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow. February 7, 1933 March 1, 1934 April 12, 1935 September 2, 1944 Damaged, March 29, 1944 and never repaired. Reparation transport, 1944-1947. BU 1948.
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Amphion class Light Cruiser (1935-1936)
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 7,105 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 4x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 7,000 nautical miles
Speed: 32.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 1 Supermarine Walrus Floatplane, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 76mm on 25mm Plating
- Box Magazine Protection: 89mm
- Bulkheads: 38mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 25mm
- Barbettes: 25mm
- 8 x 6 in guns (4x2)
- 8 x 102mm DP guns (4x2)
- 3 x 40mm AA guns
- 12 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns (3x4)
- 8 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x4)
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMAS Perth (D29) - ex HMS Amphion Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. June 26, 1933 July 27, 1934 July 6, 1936 RAN, August 1939. Sunk by Japanese cruisers in the Coral Sea, March 1, 1944. HMAS Hobart (D63) - ex HMS Apollo Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. August 15, 1933 October 9, 1934 January 13, 1936 January 1960. RAN, September 1938. Training Ship, 1956. BU in Marseille, 1961. HMAS Sydney (D48) - ex HMS Phaeton Swan Hunter, Wallsend. July 8, 1933 September 22, 1934 September 24, 1935 Sunk by Ottoman Bombers in the Eastern Mediterranean, December 4, 1942.
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Arethusa class Light Cruisers (1935-1937)
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 5,270 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 4x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 7,000 nautical miles
Speed: 32.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 1 Supermarine Walrus Floatplane, 1 catapult
Sensors: Type 279 early warning radar.
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 57mm
- Box Magazine Protection: 89mm
- Bulkheads: 25mm
- Main Deck: 25mm
- Turrets: 25mm
- Barbettes: 19mm
- 6 x 6 in guns (3x2)
- 8 x 102mm DP guns (4x2)
- 8 x 40mm AA guns (2x4)
- 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns (2x4)
- 8 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x4)
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned FateHMS Arethusa (26) Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. January 25, 1933 March 6, 1934 May 23, 1935 Severely damaged by SMS Admiral Scheer, December 27, 1941, foundered the next day. HMS Aurora (12) Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. July 23, 1935 August 20, 1936 November 12, 1937 Sunk in SMS U-894 in the South Atlantic, September 7, 1941. HMS Galatea (71) Scotts, Greenock June 2, 1933 August 9, 1934 August 14, 1935 Sunk by Yavuz Sultan Selim off Cyprus, July 1, 1943. HMS Penelope (97) Swan Hunter, Wallsend. May 30, 1934 October 15, 1935 November 13, 1936 Sunk by USS Philadelphia off Bermuda, April 9th, 1943. HMS Medusa (54) Scotts, Greenock July 2, 1935 August 16, 1936 December 1, 1937 Sunk in Portsmouth by Luftwaffe Aircraft, May 22, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1948.
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Town class Light Cruisers (1937-1939)
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 9,100 long tons fully loaded (Southampton), 9,400 long tons fully loaded (Gloucester)
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 4x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 12,100 nautical miles
Speed: 32 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Supermarine Walrus Floatplane, 1 catapult
Sensors: Type 279 early warning radar, Type 284 fire control radar.
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 114mm
- Box Magazine Protection: 114mm
- Bulkheads: 64mm
- Main Deck: 38mm (Southampton) 51mm (Gloucester)
- Turrets: 25mm (Southampton) 102mm (Gloucester)
- Barbettes: 51mm
- 12 x 6 in guns (4x3)
- 8 x 102mm DP guns (4x2)
- 8 x 40mm AA guns (2x4)
- 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns (2x4)
- 20 x 178mm AA rockets
- 6 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
Southampton Subclass
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMS Southampton (83) John Brown, Clydebank November 21, 1934 March 10, 1936 March 6, 1937 Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. HMS Birmingham (19) Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. July 18, 1935 June 20, 1936 September 9, 1937 Sunk by USS Boston in the North Atlantic, December 4, 1942. HMS Newcastle (76) Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne April 10, 1934 January 23, 1936 April 5, 1937 August 19, 1944 To Germany (SMS Danzig) as war reparations, September 1944. HMS Glasgow (21) Scotts, Greenock April 16, 1935 September 1, 1936 November 18, 1937 Sunk by Japanese destroyers in the Indian Ocean, April 29, 1944. HMS Sheffield (24) - (D24), 1948 Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne January 31, 1935 July 23, 1936 August 25, 1937 September 1964 Training ship, April 1959. Scrapped in Bo Ness, 1964.
Gloucester Subclass
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMS Gloucester (62) Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. September 22, 1936 October 19, 1937 January 31, 1939 Sunk by US Navy warships in the Denmark Strait, November 12, 1942. HMS Leicester (28) Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne August 1, 1936 September 12, 1937 December 2, 1938 Sunk by Japanese destroyers in the Indian Ocean, April 29, 1944. HMS Liverpool (11) Fairfield, Govan January 17, 1936 March 24, 1937 November 2, 1938 Sunk during the Battle of the English Channel, May 6, 1944. HMS Manchester (15) Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn March 28, 1936 April 12, 1937 August 4, 1938 July 29, 1944 Barracks ship for US occupation forces, July 1944. Scuttled in the North Sea, January 24, 1946.
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Edinburgh class Light Cruisers (1939)
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 10,500 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 4x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 12,200 nautical miles
Speed: 32.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Supermarine Walrus Floatplane, 1 catapult
Sensors: Type 279 early warning radar
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 114mm
- Bulkheads: 64mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Turrets: 102mm
- Barbettes: 51mm
- 12 x 6 in guns (4x3)
- 12 x 102mm DP guns (6x2)
- 16 x 40mm AA guns (2x8)
- 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns (2x4)
- 6 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMS Edinburgh (16) Swan Hunter, Wallsend December 10, 1936 March 17, 1938 August 3, 1939 Sunk by USN Destroyers near the Falklands, August 16, 1943. HMS Bristol (35) Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. December 30, 1936 March 31, 1938 July 6, 1939 August 1, 1944 To Germany (SMS Passau) as war reparations, September 1944. HMS Norwich (39) Fairfield, Govan December 23, 1936 April 10, 1938 August 29, 1939 Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. HMS Oxford (51) Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. January 16, 1937 May 2, 1938 September 19, 1939 Sunk by US Navy warships in the Denmark Strait, November 12, 1942.
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Dido class Anti-Aircraft Cruiser (1940-1942)
Specifications (As originally built)
Weight: 5,600 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 4x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 5,560 nautical miles
Speed: 32.2 knots
Sensors: Type 279 and 281 early warning radars.
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 76mm
- Bulkheads: 25mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 13mm
- 10 x 102mm DP guns (5x2)
- 8 x 40mm AA guns (2x4)
- 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns (2x4)
- 6 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMS Dido (37) Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. October 20, 1937 July 18, 1939 September 30, 1940 Sunk by USN aircraft in Portsmouth, June 2, 1944. BU 1946-1947. HMS Argonaut (61) Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. November 21, 1939 September 6, 1941 August 8, 1942 Sunk during the Battle of the English Channel, May 6, 1944. HMS Bonaventure (31) Scotts, Greenock August 30, 1937 April 19, 1939 May 24, 1940 August 2, 1944 Badly damaged, May 16, 1944 and never repaired. BU 1947. HMS Cleopatra (33) Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn January 5, 1939 March 27, 1940 December 15, 1941 Sunk during the Second Battle of Bermuda, April 11, 1943. HMS Euryalus (42) Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. October 21, 1937 June 6, 1939 June 30, 1941 Sunk by SMS UC-312 in the Aegean Sea, June 2, 1942. HMS Hermione (74) A. Stephens, Linthouse. October 6, 1937 May 18, 1939 March 25, 1941 Sunk by Japanese battleships in the Indian Ocean, April 24, 1944. HMS Naiad (93) Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn August 26, 1937 January 3, 1939 August 24, 1940 September 2, 1944 Damaged by USN aircraft in Scapa Flow, April 12, 1944, never repaired. BU 1945. HMS Phoebe (43) Fairfield, Govan September 2, 1937 March 25, 1939 September 30, 1940 Sunk during the Battle of Rockall Bank, October 6, 1943. HMS Sirius (82) Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth. April 6, 1938 September 18, 1940 May 6, 1942 August 9, 1944 To the Ottoman Empire (Hüdâvendigâr) as war reparations, September 1944.
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Crown Colony class Light Cruisers (1940-1943)
Specifications (following 1941 refit)
Weight: 8,530 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 4x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 10,100 nautical miles
Speed: 31.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 2 Supermarine Walrus Floatplane, 1 catapult
Sensors: Type 279 early warning radar, Type 284 fire control radar.
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 89mm
- Bulkheads: 51mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 51mm
- Barbettes: 51mm
- 12 x 6 in guns (4x3)
- 8 x 102mm DP guns (4x2)
- 8 x 40mm AA guns (2x4)
- 8 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns (2x4)
- 6 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
Fiji Subclass
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMS Fiji (58) John Brown, Clydebank March 30, 1938 May 31, 1939 May 17, 1940 Sunk by German destroyers off Norway, November 9, 1942. HMS Kenya (14) A. Stephens, Linthouse. June 18, 1938 August 18, 1939 September 27, 1940 August 29, 1944 To Austria-Hungary (SMS Zenta) as war reparations, September 1944. HMS Hong Kong (52) John Brown, Clydebank November 30, 1939 December 29, 1940 September 27, 1941 Sunk by Japanese aircraft near Singapore, June 29, 1943. HMS Mauritius (80) - HMNZS Auckland (C80), 1948 Swan Hunter, Wallsend March 31, 1938 July 19, 1939 January 1, 1941 December 1966 RNZN, September 1941. Scrapped in Cherbourg, 1967. HMS Gambia (48) Swan Hunter, Wallsend July 24, 1939 November 30, 1940 February 21, 1942 Sunk during the Battle of the North Sea, September 1942. HMNZS St. Helena (C44) - Wellington, 1948 Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne April 28, 1939 November 16, 1940 June 29, 1942 December 1966 Scrapped in Blyth, 1969. HMS Nigeria (60) Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow February 8, 1938 July 18, 1939 September 23, 1940 Sunk by USN cruisers in the Labrador Sea, August 22, 1942. HMS Malta (46) - HMAS Brisbane (D46), October 11, 1942 Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. April 21, 1938 March 21, 1940 October 14, 1941 June 1963 RAN, October 1942. Scrapped in Brisbane, 1966.
Ceylon Subclass
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMS Ceylon (30) A. Stephens, Linthouse. April 27, 1939 July 30, 1942 July 13, 1943 Sunk by German cruisers near Trondheim, August 2, 1943. HMS Bermuda (59)
- ex SingaporeSwan Hunter, Wallsend September 11, 1939 December 19, 1941 January 20, 1943 August 19, 1944 To USA (USS Boise (CLF-150)) as war reparations, September 1944. HMS Uganda (66) Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne July 20, 1939 August 7, 1941 January 3, 1943 December 1944 Sold to India (INS Delhi), March 1946.
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Bellona class AA Cruisers (1943-1944)
Specifications (As originally built)
Weight: 5,950 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 4x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 5,100 nautical miles
Speed: 32 knots
Sensors: Type 272 targeting radar, Type 281 early warning radar, Type 282, 284, and 2x 285 fire control and gunnery radars.
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 76mm
- Bulkheads: 25mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 13mm
- 8 x 102mm DP guns (4x2)
- 12 x 40mm AA guns (3x4)
- 12 x 20mm AA guns (6x2)
- 6 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateHMS Bellona (63) Swan Hunter, Wallsend November 30, 1939 September 29, 1942 October 29, 1943 Sunk by USN aircraft near the Orkneys, February 2, 1944. HMS Black Prince (81) Fairfield, Govan November 2, 1939 August 27, 1942 November 20, 1943 Sunk by German destroyers near the Scheldt Estuary, March 2, 1944. HMS Diadem (84) Fairfield, Govan December 15, 1939 August 26, 1942 January 6, 1944 Sunk by naval mines near Portsmouth, January 24, 1944. HMS Royalist (89) A. Stephens, Linthouse. March 21, 1940 May 30, 1942 September 10, 1943 September 5, 1944 To the Netherlands (HNLMS Tromp) as war reparations, September 1944. HMS Spartan (95) Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow December 21, 1939 August 27, 1942 August 10, 1943 Sunk by German destroyers near Narvik, October 4, 1943.
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Bedford class Light Cruisers (Never completed)
Specifications (Planned)
Weight: 8,800 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Parsons geared steam turbines, 4x Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
Range: 10,100 nautical miles
Speed: 31.5 knots
Sensors: Type 272 targeting radar, Type 281B early warning radar, Type 282, 284, and 285 fire control and gunnery radars, and Type 293 short search radar.
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 89mm
- Bulkheads: 51mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 51mm
- Barbettes: 25mm
- 9 x 6 in guns (3x3)
- 10 x 102mm DP guns (5x2)
- 24 x 40mm AA guns (4x4) and (8x1)
- 22 x 20mm AA guns (8x2) and (6x1)
- 6 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Planned Commissioning FateHMS Bedford (08) Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Occupied N. Ireland. November 20, 1941 August 29, 1943 December 1944 Work suspended, March 1944. Scuttled as blockship, March 29, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1947. HMS Birkenhead (53) Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow September 22, 1941 February 4, 1943 September 1944 Work suspended, March 1944. Scrapped incomplete, 1945-1946. HMS Cambridge (98) Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Occupied N. Ireland. December 3, 1941 September 28, 1943 December 1944 Work suspended, March 1944. Scuttled as blockship, March 29, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1947. HMS Margate (88) Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow October 8, 1941 May 2, 1943 September 1944 Work suspended, March 1944. Sunk during air-raid, June 2, 1944. Broken up in situ, 1949-1950. HMS Weymouth (102) Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne February 9, 1942 November 15, 1943 Spring 1945 Work suspended, March 1944. Scrapped incomplete 1945.
Maybe if I feel like it.Haven't yet heard of the Battle of the English Channel yet. This looks like where the Imperial German Navy finally regains the upper hand and gains supremacy over the English Channel. You plan on publishing your post for this soon?
In a epic battle, that would be nice.Maybe if I feel like it.