Dido-class light cruiser

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The Dido class consisted of sixteen light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The first group of three ships were commissioned in 1940; the second group of six ships and third group of two were commissioned between 1941 and 1942. A fourth group, also described as the Improved Dido or Bellona class were commissioned between 1943 and 1944. Most members of the class were given names drawn from classical history and legend. The groups differed in armament, and for the Bellonas, in function. The Dido class were designed to replace the C-class and D-class cruisers as small fleet cruisers and flotilla leaders for the destroyer screen. As designed, they mounted five twin 5.25-inch high-angle gun turrets on the centreline providing dual-purpose anti-air and anti-surface capacity; the complex new turrets were unreliable when introduced, and somewhat unsatisfactory at a time when the UK faced a fight for survival.

1939 — 1980  Wikimedia, Wikidata
length 156.1 metre, speed 32.25 knot, beam 15.4 metre, 
light cruiser, Royal Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Alexander Stephen and Sons, Vickers-Armstrongs, Harland and Wolff, Cammell Laird, Chatham Dockyard, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Pakistan Navy, HMNB Portsmouth, R. & W. Hawthorn, 

Bellona-class light cruiser, HMS Argonaut, HMS Bellona, HMS Black Prince, HMS Bonaventure, HMS Charybdis, HMS Cleopatra, HMS Diadem, HMS Dido, HMS Euryalus, HMS Hermione, HMS Naiad, HMS Phoebe, HMS Royalist, HMS Scylla, HMS Sirius, HMS Spartan, 


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  • Bellona-class light cruiser ⓘ
    1937 British subclass of Dido-class light cruisers
  • HMS Phoebe ⓘ
    1939 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Dido ⓘ
    1939 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Euryalus ⓘ
    1939 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Cleopatra ⓘ
    1940 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Sirius ⓘ
    1940 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Argonaut ⓘ
    1941 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Royalist ⓘ
    1942 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Bellona ⓘ
    1942 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Black Prince ⓘ
    1942 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Diadem ⓘ
    1942 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Charybdis ⓘ
    1940 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Bonaventure ⓘ
    1939 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Naiad ⓘ
    1939 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Hermione ⓘ
    1939 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Scylla ⓘ
    1940 Dido-class light cruiser
  • HMS Spartan ⓘ
    1942 Dido-class light cruiser
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1939 — 1980 Dido-class light cruiser
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    classwatercraft1937Bellona-class light cruiserDido-class light cruiserWikidata
    linkpageNaval Encyclopedia page@Wikidata
    linkpageuboat.net page@Wikidata
    objectwatercraft1940HMS PhoebeDido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1940HMS DidoDido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1941HMS EuryalusDido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1941HMS Cleopatralight cruiser, Dido-class light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1942HMS SiriusDido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1942HMS ArgonautDido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1943HMS RoyalistBellona-class light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1943HMS BellonaBellona-class light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1943HMS Black PrinceBellona-class light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    objectwatercraft1944HMS DiademDido-class light cruiser, Bellona-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    siteshipwreckHMS Charybdisshipwreck, Dido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    siteshipwreck1940HMS Bonaventureshipwreck, light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiserWikidata
    siteshipwreck1940HMS Naiadshipwreck, light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiserWikidata
    siteshipwreck1941HMS Hermioneshipwreck, Dido-class light cruiser, light cruiserWikidata
    siteshipwreck1942HMS Scyllashipwreck, light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiserWikidata
    siteshipwreck1943HMS SpartanBellona-class light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiser, shipwreck, light cruiserWikidata
    commonsimageHMS Bonaventure A 1729 Commons
    commonsimageHMS Bonaventure 1940 IWM A 1733 Commons
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