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Class of light cruisers built for the Royal Navy
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;
Dido-class_cruiser
Dido class light cruiser
HMS Dido was the name ship of her class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy. Constructed by Cammell Laird Shipyard of Birkenhead, United Kingdom, she
HMS_Dido_(37)
Class of light cruisers of the United States Navy
The Atlanta-class cruisers were eight United States Navy light cruisers which were designed as fast scout cruisers, flotilla leaders, or destroyer leaders
Atlanta-class_cruiser
Military cruisers' subclass
for the King George V-class battleships, were chosen. The hull of the Dido class was derived from the Arethusa-class cruisers, but unlike them, they
Anti-aircraft_cruiser
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Charybdis was a Dido-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy and was sunk with severe loss of life by German torpedo boats in an action in the English
HMS_Charybdis_(88)
Proposed class of Royal Navy cruisers
Fiji (Crown Colony)-class cruiser the derived 1943 Minotaur-class and the Dido-class cruiser (and improved Dido) anti-aircraft classes post war, This demanded
Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1947)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Euryalus was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 21 October 1937, launched on 6 June 1939, and commissioned
HMS_Euryalus_(42)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Diadem was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only four turrets but improved
HMS_Diadem_(84)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Hermione was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons (Glasgow, Scotland), with the keel laid down
HMS_Hermione_(74)
Emerald-class cruiser Leander-class cruiser[page needed] Arethusa-class cruiser Town-class cruiser Dido-class cruiser[page needed] Fiji-class cruiser[page needed]
List of classes of British ships of World War II
List_of_classes_of_British_ships_of_World_War_II
Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Cleopatra was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited (Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK), with
HMS_Cleopatra_(33)
Class of 27 British, Australian and Canadian destroyers (1938–63)
V', a design study for a small fleet cruiser (another variant of this design evolved into the Dido-class cruiser). This design envisioned a 1,850-ton
Tribal-class_destroyer_(1936)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Spartan was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only four turrets but improved
HMS_Spartan_(95)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Argonaut was a Dido-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which saw active service during the Second World War. Constructed at the Cammell Laird
HMS_Argonaut_(61)
British World War II light cruiser
HMS Black Prince was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, of the Bellona subgroup. The cruiser was commissioned in 1943, and served during World
HMS_Black_Prince_(81)
S. Forester; portrayed by Dido-class cruiser: HMS Cleopatra, Abdiel-class minelayer HMS Manxman, and Town-class cruiser HMS Glasgow) Ballantrae (in
List of ship names of the Royal Navy
List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy
British/New Zealand Cruiser
HMS Royalist was a Bellona-class (improved Dido-class) light cruiser of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) during the Second World
HMS_Royalist_(89)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Scylla was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Greenock, Scotland), with the keel
HMS_Scylla_(98)
Light cruiser
HMS Naiad was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy which served in the Second World War. She was sunk in action on 11 March 1942 south of Crete
HMS_Naiad_(93)
List of ships with the same or similar names
Astraea-class protected cruiser launched in 1893, converted to a cargo ship in 1918 and sold to Bermuda in 1922. The fifth HMS Charybdis (88) was a Dido-class
HMS_Charybdis
Cruiser
HMS Sirius was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard (Portsmouth, United Kingdom), with the keel being laid
HMS_Sirius_(82)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
sub-class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy. She was the first of the fourth group of Dido-class cruisers. Built to a modified design ("Improved Dido")
HMS_Bellona_(63)
WWII-era light cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Bonaventure was the lead ship of the Dido-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1930s and during the Second World War. Completed
HMS_Bonaventure_(31)
Type of large warship
completed no heavy cruisers, thirteen light cruisers (Fiji and Minotaur classes), and sixteen anti-aircraft cruisers (Dido class) during the war. The
Cruiser
1942 failed Allied resupply convoy to Malta
March, with Force A, the Dido-class cruiser HMS Cleopatra as flagship and the cruisers HMS Dido, HMS Euryalus of the 15th Cruiser Squadron and HMS Hermione
Operation_Vigorous
Dual-purpose gun
mountings by the King George V class and in Mk II twin mountings on nine of the first eleven Dido-class anti-aircraft cruisers, the exceptions being HMS Scylla
QF_5.25-inch_naval_gun
List of ships with the same or similar names
a Dido-class cruiser. In World War II she was damaged at the Second Battle of Sirte in 1942. HMS Euryalus (F15), launched 1963, was a Leander-class frigate
HMS_Euryalus
Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1939
HMS Phoebe was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Govan, Scotland), her keel
HMS_Phoebe_(43)
the term first class cruiser being used instead for both armoured cruisers and large protected cruisers. Thus, the first class cruisers built between the
List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy
List_of_cruiser_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy
traditional light cruiser role of defending capital ships from destroyers. The first purpose built anti-aircraft cruiser was the British Dido class, completed
List of cruisers of World War II
List_of_cruisers_of_World_War_II
Class of British light cruisers
The Town class consisted of 10 light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. The Towns were designed within the constraints of the London Naval
Town-class_cruiser_(1936)
1939 class of battleships of the Royal Navy
The Mark II Mounting is found in all Dido-class cruisers. The Mark I Mounting is found in King George V-class battleships, where they fulfil the combined
King George V-class battleship (1939)
King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939)
Class of Royal Navy light cruisers
The Arethusa class was a class of four light cruisers built for the Royal Navy between 1933 and 1937 and that served in World War II. It had been intended
Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934)
former Soviet Sverdlov-class cruiser Ordzhonikidze – Scrapped 1972 Babur (purchased 1956), the former British Dido-class cruiser HMS Diadem, renamed Jahangir
List_of_cruisers
Eclipse-class cruiser
HMS Dido was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. Eclipse-class second-class protected cruisers were preceded
HMS_Dido_(1896)
Class of British light cruisers
The Fiji-class cruisers were a class of eleven light cruisers of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service throughout the Second World War. Each ship of
Fiji-class_cruiser
Naval battle during the Second World War
night of 25–26 April, a sweep was conducted by the Dido-class cruiser HMS Black Prince and the Tribal-class destroyers HMS Ashanti, HMCS Athabaskan, HMCS Haida
Action_of_26_April_1944
1953 film directed by Roy Boulting
officers and men of HMS Manxman, HMS Cleopatra, and HMS Glasgow. The Dido-class cruiser HMS Cleopatra plays both the fictional Royal Navy ships HMS Amesbury
Sailor_of_the_King
submarines had adopted more offensive tactics and sunk a cruiser and two merchantmen, damaged two cruisers and the tanker Ohio. In 2002, Jack Greene and Alessandro
Operation Pedestal orders of battle
Operation_Pedestal_orders_of_battle
Campaign of the Mediterranean theatre of World War II
took place against British cruisers and destroyers in the Kasos Strait. On 9 October, HMS Panther was sunk and the cruiser HMS Carlisle seriously damaged
Dodecanese_campaign
Type of small to medium-sized warship
heavy cruisers. In World War II light cruisers had guns ranging from the 5 inch (127 mm) of the US Atlanta-class and 5.25 inch of the British Dido-class anti-aircraft
Light_cruiser
1953 film by Brian Desmond Hurst
briefly depicted by a Dido-class cruiser – clearly identifiable from her 5.25-inch gun turrets which were unique to this cruiser class. (HMS Manxman herself
Malta_Story
List of ships with the same or similar names
the Pakistan Navy: PNS Babur (1956), the former HMS Diadem (84), a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy; sold to Pakistan in 1956 and used as a training
PNS_Babur
1930s French cruisers
The La Galissonnière-class cruisers were commissioned by the French Navy in the 1930s. They were the last French cruisers completed after 1935, until the
La Galissonnière-class cruiser
La_Galissonnière-class_cruiser
List of ships with the same or similar names
Eclipse-class second class cruiser launched in 1896, used as a depot ship after 1913 and sold in 1926. HMS Dido (37) was a Dido-class light cruiser, launched on
HMS_Dido
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Naiad (1890), an Apollo-class second class protected cruiser launched in 1890 and sold in 1922. HMS Naiad (93), a Dido-class cruiser launched in 1939 and
HMS_Naiad
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Spartan (95) was a Dido-class cruiser launched in 1942 and sunk in 1944 by a Hs 293 guided bomb HMS Spartan (S105) is a nuclear-powered Swiftsure-class submarine
HMS_Spartan
List of ships with the same or similar names
Edinburgh-class cruiser sunk with all hands during the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The fifth HMS Black Prince (81), launched in 1942, was a Dido-class (Bellona
HMS_Black_Prince
1942 naval battle of World War II
the early hours of 2 December 1942. Force Q, a flotilla of Royal Navy cruisers and destroyers, attacked Convoy H, an Italian convoy and its Regia Marina
Battle_of_Skerki_Bank
Convoy to Malta in WWII
re-established at Malta on 27 November with the cruisers HMS Cleopatra, Dido and Euryalus of the 15th Cruiser Squadron and four ships of the 14th Destroyer
Operation_Portcullis
Class of frigate of the Royal Navy
frigates was, when introduced, largely identical to the reconstructed Dido-class AD cruiser Royalist. To that end, HMS Leopard carried navigation radar, the
Leopard-class_frigate
1897 class of British cruisers
The Eclipse-class cruisers were a class of nine second-class protected cruisers constructed for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. These ships were enlarged
Eclipse-class_cruiser
List of ships with the same or similar names
Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop sold in 1885. HMS Sirius (1890) was an Apollo-class protected cruiser that served in World War I. HMS Sirius (82) was a Dido-class
HMS_Sirius
List of ships with the same or similar names
Astraea-class protected cruiser launched in 1893. She served in the First World War and was sold in 1921. HMS Hermione (74) was a Dido-class light cruiser, launched
HMS_Hermione
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Cleopatra (1915) was a C-class light cruiser built in 1915 and broken up in 1931. HMS Cleopatra (33) was a Dido-class cruiser built in 1940 and broken
HMS_Cleopatra
1960 British film by Lewis Gilbert
pursuit, including HMS Norfolk, Suffolk, Sheffield and Dorsetshire. A Dido-class cruiser in reserve was used as the set for Bismarck's destruction, and one
Sink_the_Bismarck!
Allied operation during WWII
Leander class cruiser Orion, with the Dido-class [5.25 in (13.3 cm)] cruisers HMS Cleopatra, Euryalus and Dido. The cruisers were accompanied by the 14th Destroyer
Operation_Stoneage
List of ships with the same or similar names
Pearl-class second class cruiser launched in 1890. HMS Phoebe (1916), an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1916. HMS Phoebe (43), a Dido-class light
HMS_Phoebe
of the Hunt (Type III) class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021. "Dido Class Cruiser – HMS Argonaut Association"
List of ships built by Cammell Laird
List_of_ships_built_by_Cammell_Laird
List of ships with the same or similar names
but suspended in August, then cancelled. HMS Royalist (89) was a Dido-class cruiser launched in 1942. She served in World War II and was loaned to the
HMS_Royalist
1957 British comedy film by Val Guest
Daring-class destroyer. Other ships shown include the battleship HMS Vanguard and the frigate HMS Paladin during the title sequence, two Dido-class cruisers
Carry_On_Admiral
of Condottieri-class cruisers 10 8 × 6" 152 mm /53 M1926 or M1929 838 lb (0.380 t) 24,716 22.6 4 (M1926) 8 (M1929) UK Dido-class cruiser 11 10 × QF 5.25-inch
List of broadsides of major World War II ships
List_of_broadsides_of_major_World_War_II_ships
Anglo-American naval operation of World War II
the convoy by the 15th Cruiser Squadron which forced the battleship Littorio, the heavy cruisers Gorizia, Trento, one light cruiser and ten destroyers to
Operation_Bowery
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Argonaut (1898) was a Diadem-class armoured cruiser launched in 1898 and broken up in 1921. HMS Argonaut (61) was a Dido-class light cruiser launched in 1941 and
HMS_Argonaut
1955 novel by Alistair MacLean
did it. HMS Ulysses is similar to the real Dido-class cruisers; MacLean had served in Royalist of that class. Ulysses was sent on Arctic convoys without
HMS_Ulysses_(novel)
Class of frigate of the Royal Navy
took years and was never entirely achieved. Neither the Dido-class cruisers nor the Daring-class destroyers had the space required to combine the processing
Salisbury-class_frigate
Class of British warships
hulls were cancelled. The class was designed as a hybrid cruiser-destroyer with dimensions similar to the broad-beam 1951 Dido class. Much larger than predecessors
County-class_destroyer
Edinburgh-class cruiser
never reached that area. On 1 June, she was sent to relieve the Dido-class light cruiser HMS Hermione on the Denmark Strait patrol route. After an uneventful
HMS_Edinburgh_(16)
Officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy
officer aboard the Dido-class cruiser HMNZS Black Prince, and subsequently assumed this position in Bellona and then aboard the light cruiser HMS Royalist.
John_Ross_(RNZN_officer)
Awatere T25 Castle class Minesweeper 1943 1943 Last seen fishing around Taiwan October 1949 HMNZS Bellona C63 Dido class Light cruiser 1946 1956 Scrapped
List of ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy
List_of_ships_of_the_Royal_New_Zealand_Navy
launched 12 August 1942, completed 1 December 1942. HMS Black Prince, Dido-class cruiser for British Admiralty, launched 27 August 1942, completed 20 November
List of ships built by Harland & Wolff (1930–2002)
List_of_ships_built_by_Harland_&_Wolff_(1930–2002)
British operation during the Second World War
Force A comprised four Dido-class 5.25-inch light cruisers and an anti-aircraft C-class cruiser, three 6-inch Town-class cruisers and 26 destroyers, four
Operation_Harpoon_(1942)
25-inch Mk I dual-purpose gun, used on King George V-class battleships and Dido-class cruisers BL 6-inch Mk XII BL 6-inch Mk XXII BL 6-inch Mk XXIII
List of British naval forces military equipment of World War II
List_of_British_naval_forces_military_equipment_of_World_War_II
Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010. "Dido (barque)". DiveSiteDirectory. Retrieved 27 Oct 2016. "DiveSiteDirectory for
List_of_shipwrecks_of_Europe
Leipzig-class cruiser
Nürnberg was a German light cruiser of the Leipzig class built for the Kriegsmarine. She was named after the city of Nuremberg and had one sister ship
German_cruiser_Nürnberg
List of ships with the same or similar names
launched in 1909 and sold in 1921. HMS Bellona (63) was a modified Dido-class light cruiser launched in 1942, on loan to the Royal New Zealand Navy from 1948
HMS_Bellona
Naval gun
Mark I in twin mounting UD Mark III aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal Dido-class cruisers HMS Scylla and HMS Charybdis naval auxiliaries Ships with 4.5 inch
QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun
QF_4.5-inch_Mk_I_–_V_naval_gun
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Danae was the lead ship of the Danae-class cruisers (also known as the D class), serving with the Royal Navy between the world wars and with the Polish
HMS_Danae_(D44)
Military operation of World War II
the convoy by the 15th Cruiser Squadron which forced the battleship Littorio, the heavy cruisers Gorizia, Trento, one light cruiser and ten destroyers to
Operation_Calendar
minelaying cruiser Departed 29 June, 6 July HMS Curacoa Royal Navy C-class cruiser Departed 29 June, 6 July HMS Sirius Royal Navy Dido-class cruiser Departed
Convoy_PQ_17_order_of_battle
World War II maintenance convoy operation
The light cruisers Muzio Attendolo and Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi of the 8th Cruiser Division sailed from Palermo with Maestrale-class destroyers
Operation_Halberd
Series of mutinies in the New Zealand navy
two ships on which the mutiny originated, the Dido-class cruiser HMNZS Black Prince and the Flower-class corvette HMNZS Arbutus, were both considered to
1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies
1947_Royal_New_Zealand_Navy_mutinies
Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
pronunciation: [pʁɪnts ˈʔɔʏɡeːn, - ˈʔɔʏɡn̩]) was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, the third of a class of five vessels. She served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine
German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen
Town-class cruiser
the first group of five ships of the Town class light cruisers. Birmingham initially joined the 5th Cruiser Squadron on the China Station in January 1938
HMS_Birmingham_(C19)
Allied supply convoys of the Second World War
Alexandria by 15th Cruiser Squadron (Force B, commanded by Rear Admiral Philip Vian, made up of Dido-class light cruisers Naiad, Dido, and Euryalus and
Malta_convoys
17500; -5.18000 (Böhlen) HMS Charybdis Royal Navy 23 October 1943 A Dido-class cruiser that was sunk by German torpedo boats off the north coast of Brittany
List_of_shipwrecks_of_France
World War II naval convoy
Fighting Destroyer Escort Force A Ship Flag Class Dates Notes HMS Scylla Royal Navy Dido-class cruiser 9–17 September 1942 Flagship Rear Admiral Robert
Convoy_PQ_18_order_of_battle
Topics referred to by the same term
Bellone HMS Bellona (1909), a Boadicea-class scout cruiser HMS Bellona (63), a modified Dido-class light cruiser launched in 1942 Bellona, a French ship
Bellona
WWII Allied naval convoy
most dangerous waters off Norway. Rather than provide a covering force of cruisers and a distant covering force of battleships and aircraft carriers as hitherto
Convoy_QP_14
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Scylla (1891) was an Apollo-class second class cruiser in service from 1891 to 1914. HMS Scylla (98) was a Dido-class light cruiser launched in 1940, seriously
HMS_Scylla
Aircraft carrier formation of the Royal Navy
It included a Dido-class light cruiser that served as its flagship, four to five escort carriers of the Attacker-class and Ruler-class, as well as four
21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron
21st_Aircraft_Carrier_Squadron
1942 naval battle between British and Italian forces
five Hunt-class destroyers for the convoy 1st Division: destroyers HMS Jervis, Kipling, Kelvin and Kingston 2nd Division: light cruisers HMS Dido and Penelope
Second_Battle_of_Sirte
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Dido was an Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop built for the Royal Navy in 1869. She was the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was
HMS_Dido_(1869)
Commissioned cruisers of the Royal New Zealand Navy from its formation on 1 October 1941 to the present: HMS Neptune was a Leander-class light cruiser which
Cruisers of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Cruisers_of_the_Royal_New_Zealand_Navy
O-class destroyer HMS Offa. They were then transferred to the Halcyon-class minesweepers HMS Harrier and HMS Sharpshooter, and later the Dido-class cruiser
MV_Atheltemplar
1941 British operation in World War II
Foresters on board the armed yacht HMS Rosaura, escorted by the light cruisers HMAS Perth and HMS Bonaventure, awaited developments in Cyprus. Before
Operation_Abstention
Rotatable weapon mount
ship would be "P", "Q", "R", etc. Confusingly, the Dido-class cruisers had a "Q" and the Nelson-class battleships had an "X" turret in what would logically
Gun_turret
Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2015. "DEFG-class auxiliary minesweepers". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 28 June 2020. "WYP
List of shipwrecks in October 1943
List_of_shipwrecks_in_October_1943
the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015. German M-Class minesweepers of the Channel Islands 1940–1945. Channel Islands Occupation
List of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands
List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Channel_Islands
p. 506. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "Pola Cruiser (Heavy) 1932-1941". Wrecksite. Retrieved 28 March 2013. "Zara Cruiser (Heavy) 1931-1941". Wrecksite. Retrieved
List of shipwrecks in March 1941
List_of_shipwrecks_in_March_1941
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