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This makes the Arethusas the first "true example" of the warship that came to be recognised as the light cruiser. In the London Naval Treaty of 1930, light cruisers were officially defined as cruisers having guns of 6.1 inches (155 mm) calibre or less, with a displacement not exceeding 10,000 tons. Town class
On 31 August 1939 Belfast was transferred to the 18th Cruiser Squadron. Based at Scapa Flow in the Orkney islands, 18th Cruiser Squadron was part of the British effort to impose a naval blockade on Germany. Germany invaded Poland the following day, and Britain and France declared war on 3 September.
Ajax was built at Vickers' shipyard, in Barrow-in-Furness, England.She was laid down on 7 February 1933, launched on 1 March 1934 and completed on 12 April 1935. She was commissioned for service with the 8th Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station, [5] but after working up in May 1935, she was deployed instead to the Mediterranean on detached service after the Abyssinian crisis.
In World War II light cruisers had guns ranging from the 5 inch (127 mm) of the US Atlanta-class and 5.25 inch of the British Dido-class anti-aircraft cruisers, up to 6.1 inch, though the most common size was 6 inch, the maximum size allowed by the London Naval Treaty for a ship to be considered a light cruiser. Most Japanese light cruisers had ...
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Pages in category "World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
HMS Suffolk (55) was one of the Kent subclass of the County-class heavy cruisers. Heavy cruisers were defined by international agreement pre-war for the purposes of arms limitation as those with guns greater than 6-inch (152 mm); ships of guns of 6-inch or less were light cruisers.
HMS Sheffield was the third of ten Town-class light cruisers of the Royal Navy.The ship was laid down in January 1936, launched in July 1936, and commissioned in August 1937. . She was active in all major naval European theatres of the Second World War, in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Arctic Oc