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Fiji Class

Class : Fiji Builder : Country : UK Ship Type : Cruiser Pennants : 60, C60, C180 BPF, C52, 30, 58, 48, C48, 44, C170 BPF, C44, 14, C14, 59, C59, C172 BPF, 46, 66, C66 Profile : Also referred to as Colony Class

Fiji Class Cruisers, c.1939 - 1942.

Ships in the Fiji class (ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
Bermuda	11th September 1941	Scrapped August 1965
Ceylon	30th July 1942	To Peru (Colonel Bolognesi) 9th February 1960, scrapped 1985.
Fiji	31st May 1939	Sunk 22nd May 1941
Gambia	30th November 1940	Scrapped 1968
Jamaica	16th November 1940	Scrapped 1960
Kenya	18th August 1939	Scrapped 1962
Newfoundland	19th December 1941	To Peru (Almirante Grau) 2nd November 1959
Nigeria	18th July 1939	Transferred to India (Mysore) 29th August 1957.
Trinidad	21st March 1940	Sunk 15th May 1942
Uganda	7th August 1941	Scrapped 1961

Ships in the Fiji class (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
Fiji	31st May 1939	Sunk 22nd May 1941
Nigeria	18th July 1939	Transferred to India (Mysore) 29th August 1957.
Kenya	18th August 1939	Scrapped 1962
Jamaica	16th November 1940	Scrapped 1960
Gambia	30th November 1940	Scrapped 1968
Trinidad	21st March 1940	Sunk 15th May 1942
Newfoundland	19th December 1941	To Peru (Almirante Grau) 2nd November 1959
Uganda	7th August 1941	Scrapped 1961
Bermuda	11th September 1941	Scrapped August 1965
Ceylon	30th July 1942	To Peru (Colonel Bolognesi) 9th February 1960, scrapped 1985.

Ships in this class went on to become :
Nigeria	Mysore (India) (29th August 1957)
Newfoundland	Almirante Grau (Peru) (2nd November 1959) Capitan Quinones (Peru) (15th May 1973)
Uganda	Quebec (Canada) (14th January 1952)
Ceylon	Coronel Bolognesi (Peru) (9th February 1960)

Ship Badges of the Fiji Class.

Jamaica	Nigeria	Trinidad

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