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Three '''''Gloucester'' class light cruisers''' were completed in Britain in 1938 and 1939. They are sometimes considered a mild variant on the preceding [[Southampton Class Cruiser (1936)|''Southampton'' class]] ships. Two of the three were lost in World War II. | Three '''''Gloucester'' class light cruisers''' were completed in Britain in 1938 and 1939. They are sometimes considered a mild variant on the preceding [[Southampton Class Cruiser (1936)|''Southampton'' class]] ships. Two of the three were lost in World War II. | ||
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 3 vessels | ||
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+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
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+ | | {{UK-Gloucester}} | ||
+ | |[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]] | ||
+ | |22 Sep, 1936 | ||
+ | |19 Oct, 1937 | ||
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+ | |Sunk 22 May, 1941 | ||
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+ | | {{UK-Liverpool}} | ||
+ | |[[Fairield]] | ||
+ | |17 Feb, 1936 | ||
+ | |24 Mar, 1937 | ||
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+ | |Broken up 1958 | ||
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+ | | {{UK-Manchester}} | ||
+ | |[[Hawthorn Leslie]] | ||
+ | |28 Mar, 1936 | ||
+ | |12 Apr, 1937 | ||
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+ | |Sunk 13 Aug, 1942 | ||
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==Design and Construction== | ==Design and Construction== |
Revision as of 13:15, 31 May 2017
Three Gloucester class light cruisers were completed in Britain in 1938 and 1939. They are sometimes considered a mild variant on the preceding Southampton class ships. Two of the three were lost in World War II.
Overview of 3 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Gloucester | Devonport Royal Dockyard | 22 Sep, 1936 | 19 Oct, 1937 | Sunk 22 May, 1941 | |
Liverpool | Fairield | 17 Feb, 1936 | 24 Mar, 1937 | Broken up 1958 | |
Manchester | Hawthorn Leslie | 28 Mar, 1936 | 12 Apr, 1937 | Sunk 13 Aug, 1942 |
Design and Construction
Armament
See Also
- Wikipedia
- Chesneau, Roger (editor) (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
Footnotes
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