HMS Nigeria |
Type: |
Light Cruiser |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Vickers Armstrongs Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Pennant Number: |
60 |
Ordered: |
December 20, 1937 |
Commissioned: |
September 23, 1940 |
Keel Laid: |
February 8, 1938 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A (UK) Aug. 20, 1985 (India) |
Launched: |
July 18, 1939 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Scrapped in 1986.
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Notes: |
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June 25, 1941: |
Intercepted the German weather ship Lauenberg in company with HMS Tartar F-43, HMS Bedouin G-67 and HMS Jupiter G-85 in the Norwegian Sea 300 miles N north of Jan Mayen Island. The crew of the HMS Tartar recovered the Enigma machine and code books then scuttled the ship by gunfire. |
Aug. 12, 1942: |
Torpedoed by the Italian submarine Axum while escorting a convoy to Malta. Nigeria was repaired at the Charleston Naval Shipyard in South Carolina but was out of action for nine months. |
Mar. 12, 1943: |
Rescued 30 survivors of the U.S. Liberty ship James B. Stephens which had been sunk by U-160 on Mar. 8.
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Aug. 29, 1957: |
Sold to India and renamed INS Mysore. |
Aug. 20, 1985: |
Decommissioned from the Indian Navy. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 29, 2007 |