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  HMS Belfast is one of the two ships forming the final sub-class of the Royal Navy's Town-class cruisers, the other being HMS Edinburgh. Commissioned shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast spent much of the early war years undergoing extensive repairs after being heavily...
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  HMS Newcastle

  The seventh HMS Newcastle was a Town-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She belonged to the Southampton subclass. Newcastle was laid down by Vickers Armstrong on 4 October 1934, launched on 23 January 1936 by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland and commissioned in March 1937....
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  HMS Glasgow

  The seventh HMS Glasgow (21) was built on the Clyde, and was a Southampton-class light cruiser, a sub-class of the Town-class, commissioned in September 1937. She displaced 11,930 tons with a top speed of 32 knots (59 km/h). She was part of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet, and escorted...
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  HMS Liverpool

  HMS Liverpool (C11) was a Town class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy in service from 1938 to 1952. Named after the port city of Liverpool in north west England, she served in the Second World War and with the Mediterranean Fleet from 1945 until her decommission. During the Second World War,...
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  HMS Manchester

  The second HMS Manchester (C15) was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She belonged to the Gloucester subclass. She was laid down by Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn in March 1936, launched in April the following year and commissioned in August 1938. She had a relatively short, but active,...

• HMS Edinburgh

  HMS Edinburgh was one of the final sub-class of two Town-class light cruisers of Britain's Royal Navy, also known as the Edinburgh sub-class. The Edinburgh saw a great deal of combat service during World War II, especially in the North Sea and the Arctic Sea, where she was sunk by U-Boat in 1942....

• HMS Southampton

  HMS Southampton was a member of the first group of five ships of the "Town" class of light cruisers. She was built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland and launched on 10 March 1936. Southampton saw service in World War II, and initially served as the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron...

• HMS Gloucester

  HMS Gloucester was one of the second group of three ships of the "Town" class of light cruisers. She was launched on 19 October 1937 prior to commissioning on 31 January 1939. Gloucester was nicknamed The Fighting G and saw heavy service in the early years of World War II. The ship was deployed...

• HMS Sheffield

  HMS Sheffield (C24) was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She took part in actions against several major German warships. Unlike most Royal Navy ships of her time, her fittings were constructed from stainless steel instead of...