Crown Colony class light cruiser

The HMS Nigeria, one of the many Crown Colony-class light cruisers in the Royal Navy during World War II.

The Crown Colony-class was a class of light cruisers of the Second World War, named after the numerous crown colonies of the British Empire. The first eight are known as the Fiji-class, while the remaining twelve to be built are commonly referred to as the Ceylon-class and were built to a slightly modified design. The Crown Colony-class cruisers were supplemented by the Thunderchild-class light cruisers.

Specifications

• Type: Light Cruiser
• Service Period: 1941-19XX
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 555 feet 6 inches (169.32 meters)
  • Beam: 62 feet (18.9 meters)
  • Draught: 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 meters)
  • Displacement: 8,520 tons (Standard); 10,840 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 730
• Propulsion: 4 × Admiralty 3-drum 650 psi boilers, 4 × Parsons steam turbines, 4 × shafts, 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
• Range: 10,500 nautical miles (19,446 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
• Speed: 32 knots (59.26 km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • Type 281 air search RDF
  • Type 272 surface search RDF
  • Type 277 height finding RDF
  • Type 274 fire control RDF
  • Type 283 fire control RDF
  • Type 282 fire control RDF
• Armament:
  • 12 x BL 6"/50-caliber Mk.XXIII naval guns (4x3)
  • 12 x QF 4"/45-caliber Mk.XVI dual purpose naval guns (6x2)
  • 32 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns (8x4)
• Armour:
  • Belt: 3.5-inches (89 mm)
  • Engine and boiler rooms: 3.25 in (83 mm)
  • Decks: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm)
  • Magazines: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm)
  • Gun turrets: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
• Aircraft Carried: 2 x Supermarine Sea Otter seaplanes
• Aviation Facilities: 1 x catapult, 2 x hangars

Guided-Missile Cruiser Conversion

• • Armament**
• BL 6"/50-cal Mark 23 Naval Gun - (1x3)
• 40mm Bofors Mark 5 AA Gun - (5x2)
• 1x 2-rail GWS.1 - 24 missiles (12 Sea Slug Mark 1 SAM + 12 Blue Slug Mark 1 Anti-ShM) - replaced in the 1960s
• 1x 2-rail GWS.2 - 24 missiles (12 Sea Slug Mark 2 SAM + 12 Blue Slug Mark 2 Anti-ShM)

Ships in class

Royal Navy

Fiji-Subclass

• HMS Kenya (C14)
• HMS Jamaica (C44)
• HMS Trinidad (C46)
• HMS Gambia (C48)
• HMS Bermuda (C52)
• HMS Fiji (C58)
• HMS Nigeria (C60)
• HMS Mauritius (C80)

Ceylon-Subclass

• HMS Sierra Leone (C13)
• HMS Singapore (C17) - transferred to Chile in 1951, renamed BAC Chacabuco (CL-01)
• HMS Hong Kong (C18)
• HMS Tanganyika (C23)
• HMS Guyana (C28) - transferred to Chile in 1951, renamed BAC O'Higgens (CL-02)
• HMS Ceylon (C30) - transferred to Brazil in 1951, renamed NRB Almirante Tamandaré (C-12)
• HMS Aden (C36)
• HMS Belize (C38)
• HMS Tonga (C45)
• HMS Burma (C51) - transferred to Brazil in 1951, renamed NRB Almirante Barroso (C-11)
• HMS Newfoundland (C59) - transferred to Canada, renamed HMCS Newfoundland (C70)
• HMS Uganda (C66) - transferred to Chile in 1951, renamed BAC Capitán Prat (CL-03)

Royal Australian Navy

• HMAS Western Australia (D92)
• HMAS New South Wales (D93)
• HMAS Victoria (D94)
• HMAS Queensland (D95)
• HMAS South Australia (D96)
• HMAS Tasmania (D97)

Royal Canadian Navy

• HMCS Quebec (C66)
• HMCS Ontario (C67)
• HMCS British Columbia (C68)
• HMCS Nova Scotia (C69)
• HMCS Newfoundland (C70) (ex-HMS Newfoundland)

Royal Indian Navy

• HMIS Mysore (C05)
• HMIS Bangalore (C06)
• HMIS Ghaziabad (C07)
• HMIS Srinigar (C08)
• HMIS Kozhikode (C09)
• HMIS Visakhapatnam (C10)

Republic of China Navy

• ROCS Hai Chi
• ROCS Hai Tien