Crown Colony-class light cruiser
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The Fiji-class cruisers were a class of eleven light cruisers of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service throughout the Second World War. Each ship of the class was named after a Crown colony or other constituent territory of the British Commonwealth and Empire. The class was also known as the Colony class, or Crown Colony class. Developed as more compact versions of the preceding Town-class cruisers, the last three were built to a slightly modified design and were sometimes also called the Ceylon class.
1940 — 1985
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Fiji-class cruiser
speed 32 knot, beam 18.9 metre, draft 6.3 metre, length 169.3 metre,
John Brown & Company, Vickers-Armstrongs, Alexander Stephen and Sons, Peruvian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Indian Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Swan Hunter, United Kingdom,
BAP Capitán Quiñones, BAP Coronel Bolognesi, Fiji-class light cruiser, HMCS Quebec, HMS Bermuda, HMS Ceylon, HMS Fiji, HMS Gambia, HMS Jamaica, HMS Kenya, HMS Mauritius, HMS Newfoundland, HMS Nigeria, HMS Trinidad, HMS Uganda, INS Mysore,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Fiji-class light cruiser ⓘ
1939 subclass of Crown Colony-class light cruisers -

BAP Capitán Quiñones ⓘ
1941 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

BAP Coronel Bolognesi ⓘ
1942 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMCS Quebec ⓘ
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INS Mysore ⓘ
1939 Crown Colony-class cruiser -

HMS Mauritius ⓘ
1939 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Nigeria ⓘ
1939 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Kenya ⓘ
1939 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Gambia ⓘ
1940 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Jamaica ⓘ
1940 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Bermuda ⓘ
1941 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Uganda ⓘ
1941 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Newfoundland ⓘ
1941 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Ceylon ⓘ
1942 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Fiji ⓘ
1939 Crown Colony-class light cruiser -

HMS Trinidad ⓘ
1941 Crown Colony-class light cruiser
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| class | watercraft | 1939 | Fiji-class light cruiser | Crown Colony-class light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | BAP Capitán Quiñones | light cruiser, Crown Colony-class light cruiser | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | BAP Coronel Bolognesi | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | HMCS Quebec | light cruiser, Crown Colony-class light cruiser | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | INS Mysore | light cruiser, Crown Colony-class light cruiser | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Mauritius | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Nigeria | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Kenya | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1942 | HMS Gambia | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1942 | HMS Jamaica | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1942 | HMS Bermuda | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1943 | HMS Uganda | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1943 | HMS Newfoundland | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1943 | HMS Ceylon | light cruiser, Crown Colony-class light cruiser | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Fiji | Fiji-class light cruiser, Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1941 | HMS Trinidad | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| commons | image | BL 6 inch Mk XXIII gun turret right elevation diagram | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bagad de Lann-Bihoué bagpipe band at Massawa in 1973 | Commons | ||

