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HMS Nigeria was built by Vickers Armstrong on the Tyne
(Parsons) and launched 18th July 1939. HMS Nigeria joined the Home Fleet
from 1940 to 1944, moving later that year to the eastern Fleet, and in
1945 joined the east Indies station. after the war HMS Nigeria was sold to
the Indian Navy becoming RIN Mysore in 1957.
Displacement:
8,000 tons. Speed: 33kts Complement: 730
Armament:
Twelve 6 inch guns in threes. Eight 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and
nine 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in pairs (one single) as well as eight 0.5
inch machine guns in pairs. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in
threes and 3 aircraft.
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HMS Nigeria.
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in by Graeme Luckily PHC781 |
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August 1945, Trincomalie. Ceylon : Places
visited dring Commission in East Indies Fleet 1943 - 1945
Gibraltar, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Columbo, Trincomalie,
Divitalawa, Sabang, Port Blair, Freemantle, Perth, Chittagong, Akyab,
Ranger Is?, Cheduba Is, Bombay Car Nicobar, Great Nicobar, Mauritius,
Madagasca, Adu Atoll, Simonstown, Capetown, Penang, Port Swettenham, Port
Dickson, Malacca Straights, Samatra, Park Straights.
The following photos are from this first service in
the East Indies. Many thanks to Kris Lockyear whose dad H H Lockyear
(Slacksee) served on the ship during the war. |
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HMS Nigeria. |
Photo of HMS Nigeria, signed by many of the crew. |
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HMS Nigeria passing under Cooper River Bridge,
Charleston, SC, USA, probably leaving Charleston Naval Base. (thanks
to M.A. Whitney for identifying the location) |
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Officers? of HMS Nigeria. |
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Crew of HMS Nigeria. |
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HMS Nigeria at speed sent in by Bill Nutall
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