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Fiji Class Cruisers Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
555' 6" |
Engines: |
4 Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
62' |
Boilers: |
4 Admiralty three drum type (oil fired) |
Draft: |
16' 6" std. / 19' 6" full (a) |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
8,525 std. / 10,350 full (b) |
HP: |
72,500 |
Speed: |
33 knots (31.25 full) |
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Crew: |
730 (920+ wartime) |
Range: |
2,180 NM @ 30 knots / 4,900 NM @ 16 knots |
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Construction notes: |
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(a): |
Ceylon, Newfoundland and Uganda 17' 3" std. / 20' 6" full. |
(b): |
Ceylon, Newfoundland and Uganda 8,875 std. / 10,850 full. |
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Armament (as designed) |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / AA Ceiling |
12 (a) |
6"/50 (152mm) |
4 triple turrets |
25,480 yards @ 45° (14.4 miles) 112 lb. shell Rate of fire 6-8 RPM |
8 |
4"/45 (102mm) |
4 twin mounts |
19,850 yards @ 45° (11.2 miles) AA ceiling 39,000' @ 80° 35 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 15-20 RPM |
8 |
1.575"/39 (40mm) |
2 quad mounts |
5,000 yards W/ 1.81 lb. HV shell 3,800 yards W/ 2 lb. LV shell AA ceiling 13,300' W/ 1.81 lb. HV shell Rate of fire 115 RPM max |
16 |
.5"/62 (12.7mm) |
4 quad mounts |
800 yards (effective) Rate of fire 200 RPM |
6 |
21" (533mm) torpedo tubes |
2 triple launchers |
13,120 yards @ 29 knots (7.4 miles) 3,280 yards @ 47 knots (1.8 miles) 661 lb. TNT warhead |
2 (b) |
Aircraft |
Single catapult |
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Armament notes: |
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(a): |
Uganda, Newfoundland and Ceylon only fitted with nine 6" guns in three triple turrets. The X turret being replaced with a 1.575" quad mount. The X turret was removed from Kenya, Mauritius, Jamaica and Bermuda between 1943-44 and replaced with 20mm AA guns. |
(b): |
Not fitted to Uganda, Newfoundland and Ceylon and removed from all surviving units in 1943-44. |
There were many armament changes made to the Fiji class during the war including the addition of 20mm AA guns. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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John Brown & Co. Clydebank, Scotland |
May 31, 1939 |
May 17, 1940 |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 22, 1941 by German aircraft during the Battle of Crete.
Location: Mediterranean Sea, 54 miles SW of Palarokhora, Crete. (34.35N - 23.10E) 241 crewmen killed, 523 survivors picked up by HMS Kingston F-64 and HMS Kandahar F-28. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Glasgow, Scotland |
Aug. 18, 1939 |
Aug. 20, 1940 |
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Fate |
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Sold Oct. 29, 1962 to Shipbreaking Industries, and scrapped in
Faslane, Scotland in 1962-63. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers Armstrongs Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
July 18, 1939 |
Sept. 23, 1940 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1986.
(Transferred to India Aug. 29, 1957 and renamed Mysore) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
July 19, 1939 |
Jan. 1, 1941 |
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Fate |
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Sold to T. W. Ward and scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland in 1965.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
Mar. 21, 1940 |
Oct. 14, 1941 |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 15, 1942 (damaged by German JU-88 aircraft 100 miles north of Murmansk, Russia on May 14 and scuttled by HMS Matchless G-52) Location: Barents Sea, 133 miles north of Hammerfest, Norway. (73.37N - 23.27E) 81 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Nov. 30, 1940 |
Feb. 21, 1942 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap to T. W. Ward 1968 and scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland in 1969.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Nov. 16, 1940 |
June 29, 1942 |
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Fate |
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Sold to Arnott Young in 1960. Stripped at Dalmuir, Scotland in 1961,
hull scrapped at Troon, Scotland in 1962. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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John Brown & Co. Clydebank, Scotland |
Sept. 11, 1941 |
Aug. 21, 1942 |
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Fate |
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Sold to T. W. Ward in 1965. Scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales in 1965-66.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Vickers Armstrongs Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Aug. 7, 1941 |
Jan. 3, 1943 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in Osaka, Japan in 1961.
(Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy Oct. 21, 1944, renamed Quebec Jan. 14, 1952) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Dec. 19, 1941 |
Jan. 20, 1943 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in Japan in 1979.
(Sold to Peru Dec. 30, 1959 and renamed Almirante Grau CL-83, renamed Captain Quinones CL-83 May 15, 1973) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Glasgow, Scotland |
July 30, 1942 |
July 13, 1943 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in Taiwan in 1985.
( Sold to Peru on Feb. 9, 1960 and renamed Colonel Bolognesi) |
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Notes: |
2 additional ships in this class were unnamed and cancelled. |
13 units planned in class, 11 built, 2 sunk, 9 scrapped, 0 remaining. |
Page revised May 27, 2007 |
