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Town-class Southampton-subclass. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
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Fiji or Crown Colony-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Town-class Southampton-subclass preceded by Arethusa-class succeeded by Crown Colony- and Dido-classes. Divided in three subclasses Southampton, Gloucester and Edinburgh. Originally to be named Minotaur- or M-class but in November 1934 called Town-class. Pennant C83. Ordered under 1933 Construction Programme. Laid down by John Brown&Company, Clydebank, Scotland on 21 November 1935, launched on 10 March 1936, commissioned on 6 March 1937, heavily damage in a German air attack on 11 January 1941 east off Malta and torpedoed and sunk by HMS Gloucester and Orion.
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