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Crown Colony-class cruiser©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
HMS Newfound, Ceylon group. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
HMS Swiftsure, Minotaur-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Crown Colony-, Colony- or Fiji-class preceded by Dido- and Town-class succeeded by Minotaur-class. The Ceylon-group of this class was slightly modified and armed with 3x3-15.2mc/6” guns instead of 4x3-15.2cm/6” guns. Pennant 30. Laid down by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan, Scotland on 27 April 1939, launched on 30 July 1942, commissioned on 13 July 1943, transferred to Peru on 9 February 1960, decommissioned in May 1982 and broken up in August 1985.
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