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Bellona Class

Class : Bellona Builder : Country : UK Ship Type : Cruiser Pennants : 81, C81, C164 BPF, 63, 84, C84, 89, C176 BPF, C89, 95, C95

Bellona Class Cruisers, 1942.

Ships in the Bellona class (ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
Bellona	29th September 1942	Scrapped 1959
Black Prince	27th September 1942	To New Zealand 25th May 1946. Returned to Royal Navy control on April 1st 1961. Scrapped at Osaka May 1962.
Diadem	26th August 1942	To Pakistan (Babur) 1956
Royalist	30th May 1942	Loaned to Royal New Zealand Navy 1956 until 1966, returned to Royal Navy control in 1967. Scrapped 1968
Spartan	27th August 1942	Sunk 29th January 1944

Ships in the Bellona class (ordered by launch date)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
Royalist	30th May 1942	Loaned to Royal New Zealand Navy 1956 until 1966, returned to Royal Navy control in 1967. Scrapped 1968
Diadem	26th August 1942	To Pakistan (Babur) 1956
Spartan	27th August 1942	Sunk 29th January 1944
Black Prince	27th September 1942	To New Zealand 25th May 1946. Returned to Royal Navy control on April 1st 1961. Scrapped at Osaka May 1962.
Bellona	29th September 1942	Scrapped 1959

Ships in this class went on to become :
Diadem	Babur (Pakistan) (29th February 1956)
Black Prince	Black Prince (New Zealand) (25th May 1946)

Ship Badges of the Bellona Class.

Bellona	Diadem

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