British cruiser HMS Sussex bound for Shanghai en Hong Kong according to the Dutch newspaper De locomotief dated Wednesday 24 November 1948

A selection of Ships' Badges of His Majesty's Royal Navies. Gutta Percha&Rubber Limited, 1942

An item reported the departure of the British cruiser HMS Sussex (1) on last Wednesday towards Shanghai and Hong Kong although not with the intention to evacuate British subjects.(2)

Notes

1. Pennant 96. Of the County-class London sub-class heavy cruisers, laid down by R. and W., Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Limited, Hebburn-on-Tyne, England on 1 February 1927, launched on 22 February 1928, commissioned on 19 March 1929, decommissioned on 3 January 1950 and her breaking up begun on 23 February of the same year by Arnott Young, Dalmuir, Scotland.

2.In China was at that moment the civil war in her second phrase between 10 August 1945 and 7 December 1949 ending with the Republic of China moving to Taiwan.