HMS Raleigh

Type:
Cruiser
Class:
Cavindish
Builder:
William Beardmore & Company
Dalmuir, Scotland
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
December 1915
Launched:
August 28, 1919
Keel Laid:
December 9, 1915
Completed:

February 1921
   
Fate:
Wrecked Aug. 8, 1922 (aground in fog). Wreck blown up in Sept. 1926.

Location: North Atlantic, Strait of Belle Isle, Point Amour, Labrador.
(51.27N - 56.51W)

12 crewmen killed, about 800 survivors.
(Roll of Honour)


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Page published May 22, 2010