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HMS Cleopatra |
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HMS Cleopatra Laid Down : 5th January 1939 Launched : 27th March 1940 Completed : 5th December 1941 Type : Cruiser Class : Dido Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Pennants : 33 Fate : Scrapped 1958 |
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  HMS Cleopatra |   HMS Cleopatra with HMS Sluys |   HMS Cleopatra |   HMS Cleopatra |   HMS Cleopatra, November 1942. |
  HMS Cleopatra, November 1948. |   HMS Cleopatra, June 1953. |   HMS Cleopatra, 1941. |   HMS Cleopatra. |   HMS Cleopatra. (P) |
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5th January 1939 - Laid down 5th January 1939 - Laid down at Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn) 20th March 1940 - Sailed Alexandria on "Operation save Malta" 27th March 1940 - Pennant Number 33 27th March 1940 - Launched 5th December 1941 - Commissioned 5th December 1941 - Commissioned 13th June 1942 - Sailed from Alexandria to join Convoy MW11 which had sailed earlier from Egypt (Operation VIGOROUS). 14th June 1942 - Met convoy and came under air attacks. Under threat of attack by U77 15th June 1942 - Under attack by German E-Boats 12th August 1942 - Bombarded Rhodes 18th November 1942 - Sailed Alexandra to provide cover for passage of Convoy MW13 to Malta. 13th December 1942 - Deployed and carried out successful attack on convoy off Tunisia. 24th April 1945 - At Scapa Flow 12th May 1945 - Arrived Malta 15th May 1945 - Sailed Malta 29th May 1945 - Sailed Malta 4th June 1945 - Sailed Malta 10th June 1945 - Arrived Alexandria 23rd September 1948 - Sailed Portland for Home Fleet Cruise 3rd December 1948 - Off West Coast of Africa 28th January 1949 - Arrived Portland to prepare for the Spring Cruise to Gibraltar 4th February 1949 - Arrived Gibraltar 7th March 1949 - Commenced combined exercises otf Gibraltar 9th March 1949 - Completed combined exercises off Gibraltar 15th May 1949 - Arrived Oporto 22nd May 1950 - Captain R. F. Nichols in Command 22nd May 1950 - Comenced Exercise " Activity " 26th May 1950 - Completed Exercise Activity 27th May 1950 - Arrived Brest 30th May 1950 - Sailed Brest 21st November 1950 - At Dover to welcome the Queen of the Netherlands 24th January 1952 - Sailed Benghazi 24th January 1952 - Capt. J. Grant in Command 16th March 1952 - At Malta 15th August 1952 - Arrived Malta 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 1958 - Broken up | |||
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Last edited : 20:22, March 8, 2011
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