A selection of Ships' Badges of His Majesty's Royal Navies. Gutta Percha&Rubber Limited, 1942
An item reported the arrival at Sheerness on 8 February of the British light cruiser HMS Coventry returning from Germany.
Note
1. Part of C-class Ceres sub-class light cruisers, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by Danae-class, laid down by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne 4 August 1916, launched on 6 July 1917, commissioned on 21 February 1918, converted into an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1935, heavily damaged in a German air attack north-west of Alexandria, Egypt and scuttled on 14 September 1942
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-98-11

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