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Pennant 31. Part of Dido-class Dido-sub-class preceded by Arethusa-class succeeded by Fiji-class and were designed to replaced the C- and D-classes cruisers. Laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 30 August 1937, launched on 19 April 1939, commissioned on 24 May 1940 and while escorting cConvoy GA 8 underway from Piraeus, Greece to Alexandria, Egypt torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Ambra on 31 March 1941.
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