HMS Newfoundland

Type:
Light Cruiser
Class:
Builder:
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Pennant Number:
59
C-59
CL-83 (Peru)
Ordered:
September 4, 1939
Commissioned:
January 20, 1943
Keel Laid:
November 9, 1939
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
December 19, 1941
Stricken:


N/A
Fate:
Scrapped in Japan in 1979.




Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Nov. 1, 1956
Domiat
Frigate
1,370
Egypt
Ex-HMS Nith K-215


Notes
July 23, 1943:
Torpedoed by U-407 off Sicily. Hit in stern and lost rudder but made port. Repaired at
the Boston Naval Shipyard.

Dec. 30, 1959:
Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Almirante Grau CL-83.
May 15, 1973:
Renamed BAP Captain Quinones CL-83


Builder's Data
Page published Jan. 29, 2007