HMS Dido was a Royal Navy (RN) Leander-class frigate. breaking-up in Japan where she arrived on 2nd March that year. HMS Euryalus was the last remaining in-service ship of the original class, being decommissioned in 1954 and scrapped in 1959. February                Passage to Sydney. 24th        Covered air strikes by HMS INDOMITABLE, HMS INDEFATIGABLE, 29th        Repeated operation against oil refineries at, 26th        Covered air operations by British aircraft carriers against airfields in, 1st           Under KAMIKAZE attacks during these operations during which, 9th          During refuelling diverted with Task Force 57 ships for attacks on. HMS Black Prince history. June                        Passage to Channel as part of Convoy U1A screened by four destroyers. The fifth twin turret was added later to Dido only. To ensure their safety, the British launched the production of several light cruisers of the Dido class. на naval-history.net. (Note: Troops, vehicles and stores had been embarked in Alexandria for passage). Die Royal Navy bestellte 16 Kreuzer in drei Baulosen von 1936 bis 1939. The four Oakland and later ships had slightly different armament as they were further optimized for anti-aircraft fire. Superb was completed to a slightly different design. HMS Black Prince Bellona/modified Dido-class AA cruiser. The ships were built in three distinct sub-classes, the Southampton, Gloucester and Edinburgh classes respectively, each sub-class adding on further weaponry. , ARGONAUT screened by Fleet destroyers as Task Force 67. The third group's armament was changed due to the shortage of 5.25-inch guns, being armed with eight QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) guns in four twin turrets instead. 4th          Detached with HM Battleships KING GEORGE V and HOWE, HM Cruisers SWIFTSURE, UGANDA, GAMBIA, EURYALUS and ships of 25th Destroyer Flotilla as screen. Hermione was also completed as a five-turret ship. 1 July 1944, Newcastle. However, that would have required building new broad beamed Didos (as was seriously considered in 1950–54). In 1956, Royalist was loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), with whom it served until 1966. During assault provided gunfire support on demand. The two funnels were more upright than the raked ones of the original Dido class. Initially, Royalist’s two sister ships HMS Black Prince & Bellona were commissioned into RNZN service in May and October 1946. The sub-group, the fourth of four constructed Dido batches, was nothing more than an improvement of the original design and would be sometimes referred to as the "Improved Dido" class. November              For details of operations in Indian Ocean see OPERATION PACIFIC by Edwyn Gray). (Royalist was loaned to the RNZN in 1956, in exchange for Bellona). The light AA was improved over earlier Dido cruisers, with six twin oerilikons and three quad "pom pom". google_ad_client = "pub-7466149702193824"; The original ship of the class, HMS Dido, was mothballed in 1947 and decommissioned ten years later. go Her light anti-aircraft weaponry in April 1944 was twelve 40 mm (3 × 4) and sixteen 20 mm (6 × dual, 4 × single). command structure changes were made. By April 1945 she had two Mk III 40 mm fitted and had landed two single 20 mm. For details see Official History WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN). Arms and Armour, p 275, Roberts and Raven, p 275, col 3, lines 11-14, D. Murfin. The latter was landed during her refit between November 1941 and April 1942 at New York City, along with the .5-inch machine guns and Type 279 radar, while a quadruple 2 pdr replaced the 4-inch gun and eleven single 20 mm guns were fitted. Although considered less than completely successful, it saw extensive service. The Minotaur class of light cruisers of the British Royal Navy, also known as the Swiftsure class, was designed as a modified version of the Crown Colony class incorporating war modifications and authorised in 1941. This article covers the early 45-calibre family of guns up to the 1970s. 12th        Resumed covering duties after refuelling and positioned to give cover against the expected, 20th        Took over tow of HM Destroyer QUILLIAM from HM Destroyer NORMAN until arrival of. The Minotaur class, or Design Z, was a proposed class of light cruisers planned for the British Royal Navy shortly after the Second World War. December              Eastern Fleet deployment in continuation. 20th        Returned to Leyte with TF57 for maintenance and repair of damaged ships. Four original Dido-class ships were lost during the war: HMS Bonaventure, HMS Charybdis, HMS Hermione, and HMS Naiad. The cruiser was commissioned in 1943, and served during World War II on the Arctic convoys, during the Normandy landings, and as part of the British Pacific Fleet.In 1946, the cruiser was loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy, becoming HMNZS Black Prince.The cruiser was docked for modernisation in … 25th        Bombarded shore batteries near Ile de Bas. HM Aircraft Carriers INDOMITABLE, INDEFATIGABLE, VICTORIOUS, HM Cruisers SWIFTSURE, GAMBIA (RNZN), BLACK PRINCE and ARGONAUT. HMS Bellona was the name ship of her sub-class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy. H.M.S. In World War II, the Dido class saw much action, including the Battle of Cape Matapan, the Second Battle of Sirte, Operation Torch, Operation Overlord and the Battle of Okinawa, as well as many other duties in the Mediterranean and Pacific. Transferred to Eastern Fleet and took passage to Trincomalee. 17th        Covered air attacks on oil refineries, railway and harbour installations at Belewan Deli, Sumatra, by HMS INDOMITABLE and HMS ILLUSTRIOUS with HM Cruisers NEWCASTLE. The Dido Class was the result. The Neptune class was a proposed class of cruisers planned for the British Royal Navy in the latter years of the Second World War. 15th        Provided naval gunfire support with HM Battleship RAMILLIES, HM Cruisers ORION. HMS Royalist was rebuilt for potential action alongside HMS Vanguard against the post-war Soviet Sverdlov-classcruisers and Stalingrad-classbattlecruisers. For details of all Russian Convoy operations see CONVOYS TO RUSSIA by R. 28th        Detached on arrival at Kola Inlet. 9th          Under further KAMIKAZE attacks during which HMS FORMIDABLE was again hit. Small Cruiser Designs for the Royal Navy Between the Wars in ,'Warship 2011'. 31st         Assembled in Clyde with US battleship USS NEVADA, US Cruisers USS QUINCY and USS. 25th        HMS MAHRATTA was sunk with only too survivors. (англ.) For details of naval activities prior to and during allied landings see OPERATION NEPTUNE by, K Edwards and LANDINGS IN NORMANDY, June 1944 (HMSO)), 15th        Carried out bombardment exercises with ships of Bombardment Forces off NW Scotland. Her light AA on completion was eight single 20 mm. 7th          In action against evacuation craft near Velos with HM Destroyer TERPSICHORE. [7] The refit of Royalist was shortened and that of Diadem abandoned because new steam turbines were regarded as both necessary and unaffordable. MGs were landed and five single 20 mm fitted. Phoebe completed with four turrets and was fitted with a 4-inch gun in "C" position forward of the bridge. From this class, the HMS Black Prince was launched in August 1942. The Dido class was a class of sixteen light cruisers built for the British Royal Navy. HMS BLACK PRINCE - Bellona/Improved Dido-class AA Cruiser. The Bellona subclass differed in appearance somewhat from their predecessors. The Dido-class was a class of sixteen (including the Bellona sub-class) light cruisers built for the Royal Navy.The design was influenced by the Arethusa-class light cruisers.The first group of three ships was commissioned in 1940, the second group (six ships) and third group (two ships) were commissioned in 1941–1942. Argonaut was completed with four single 20 mm in lieu of the .5 in MGs. Covered carrier flying operations and under KAMIKAZE attack. HM Battleships KING GEORGE V (Flagship) and HOWE. The designs were large ships that were planned to be armed with ten 6 in (152 mm) dual purpose guns and an extensive array of 3 in (76 mm) secondary guns. 6th          On arrival took up bombardment position. London (1991) p79, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. The Atlanta class had 12 x 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns, mounted in three superfiring sets of two-gun turrets fore and three more aft. The first four ships of the class also had an additional two twin 5-inch/38 mounts, one port and one starboard, giving these first four Atlanta-class cruisers the heaviest anti-aircraft armament of any cruiser of World War II. Dido had four turrets and a 4-inch gun similar to Phoebe. September             After release from DRAGOON returned to British control by CinC Mediterranean. The shortage of manpower resulting from these mutinies meant that the modernisation had to be cancelled, and Black Prince was placed in reserve until 1953. Post war in the expanded 1951 programme of the Korean War Emergency a broad beam Bellona class armed with four twin Mk 6 4.5 guns [8] was considered as a cruiser option along with the 1951 Minotaur class [9] and the Tiger class completed with two Mk 24 6 inch turrets and four twin Mk 6 4.5. The Town class was a 10-ship class of light cruisers of the Royal Navy. Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net. The fitting of the three turrets forward in A,B and C position depended on some use of aluminium in structure and the non availability of aluminium [2] after Dunkirk was one of the reasons for only four turrets being fitted to the first group of three, while the third group had four turrets with twin 4.5 guns. The "A" turret was temporarily removed at the end of 1942 after torpedo damage. One of their number was HMS Black Prince (81) which joined HMS Bellona, HMS Royalist, HMS Diadem, and HMS Spartan as part of the "Bellona" sub-group. She was a modified Dido design, sometimes called Dido Group 2, with only 4 5.25 inch mounts instead of 5, and improved anti-aircraft armament. Design Z had several proposed configurations with differing armament and propulsion arrangements. 10th        Resumed interception duties at Plymouth. 20th        Arrived at Ulithi for deployment with Task Force 57. The post-war survivors continued in service; all were decommissioned by the 1960s. She is listed as having only seven 20 mm as light AA in April 1944. April                       Channel deployment in continuation. Also added was a secondary armament of 3 STAAG auto twin 40mm, new 293, 960M radar and Type 275(2 sets) DP fire control for the 5.25 guns, and a lattice mast. Damnable Folly? turret was shipped and five single 20 mm were fitted. HMS Black Prince 1944 IWM FL 2239.jpg 800 × 626; 60 KB HMS Black Prince Comes Home From Normandy. She had Q turret removed during repairs in 1943/44, and lost the four single 20 mm. Naval History Navy Ships Submarines Royal Navy World War Ii Statue Of Liberty Wwii Camouflage Prince. (англ.) Scylla was completed with four twin 4.5 in Mk III in UD MK III mountings because of a shortage of 5.25 in mountings. D e t a i l s   o f   W a r   S e r v i c e, (for more ship information, London (2011)p 139, B.Watson. HMS Black Prince (C81). In the early summer of 1943 three single 20 mm were exchanged for four twin 20 mm and the radar outfit was altered by the addition of Types 272, 282, 284 and 285. She was the only ship to receive an extensive postwar modernisation ordered for the RN but was later sold to New Zealand. Small Cruiser Designs for the Royal Navy Between the Wars in Warship 2011. A personal account of the Black Prince at war can be found under the menu Stories/Stories2/Black Prince. HMS Black Prince was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. Plans were drawn up to fully modernise the four improved Didos with either four twin 3 inch L70 guns or Mk 6 4.5 inch guns. Arms & armour. 28th        Sailed for Manus with Task Force 37 ships. The changing face of the world's Navies 1945 to present. Zealand Navy in 1948 and remained in that service until 1962 when placed on the Disposal List. HMS Spartan was the only ship of the sub-class to be sunk, struck by a … The first of a new Minotaur class, a development of the later Colony class with extra beam and a fifth twin 4 inch turret. The 4 in. And look, color! The last three were built to a slightly modified design and were also called the Ceylon class. and ARGONAUT screened by Fleet destroyers (Operation ROBSON). (Note: HMS KING GEORGE V, HMS INDEFATIGABLE, HMS GAMBIA, HMS. Royalist was converted to an escort carrier squadron flagship immediately on completion, when an extra two twin 20 mm were fitted as well as four single 20 mm. The Towns were designed to the constraints imposed by the London Naval Treaty of 1930. 31st         Resumed cover during air operations after refuelling. She was sold for breaking-up in Japan where she arrived on 2nd March that year. Bellona, Black Prince and Royalist were lent to the Royal New Zealand Navy post-World War II. Cleopatra was completed with two 2-pounders in 1942 in lieu of the .5 in MGs but these were removed in the middle of the year and replaced by five 20 mm. By April 1944 her light AA comprised three quadruple 2 pdr, six twin power-operated 20 mm and five single. CEYLON in British Aegean Force to support allied forces re-occupying Aegean Islands. (Note: HMS FORMIDABLE was hit with heavy casualties including eight killed). The 1939 program also included Bellona, Black Prince, Diadem, Royalist and Spartan, all of which became the modified Dido Class. They were the first post-war cruisers constructed for the Royal Navy and were designed within the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. The ship was decommissioned again two years later, and returned to the Royal Navy in 1961. During repairs between November 1943 and November 1944, Q turret was removed, as were two quadruple 2 pdr and five 20 mm. Six twin power-operated 20 mm were added at the end of 1943. She was a modified Dido design, sometimes called Dido Group 2, or the Bellona subgroup with only four 5.25-inch mounts instead of five, and improved anti-aircraft armament. The first group was also armed with a 4 in (102 mm) gun for firing star shell and two quadruple QF 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-poms". The ship was not adopted by a civil community after a WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in 1941-42 as she was not in service. Black Prince was named after Prince Edward (1330-1376), the eldest son of King Edward III. 10th        Resumed interception duties at, (Operation TUNNEL series - For details see HOLD THE NARROW, 26th        In action with destroyers of 10th Flotilla against German Torpedo Boats which were, May                        Nominated for support of allied landings in, On release from Western Task Force took passage to, July                         Nominated for service in, for support of allied landings in south of. //-->, if any ads offend, please contact Naval-History.Net, HMS BLACK PRINCE  -  Bellona/Improved Dido-class AA Cruiser, For details of TUNNEL operations see HOLD THE NARROW, . by P Kemp and ARCTIC CONVOYS. Sie erhielten als Flugabwehrkreuzer eine Hauptbewaffnung von fünf Doppeltürmen mit Mehrzweckgeschützen zur Bekämpfung von Flug- und Seezielen. June                        During this period ships of the British Pacific Fleet were transferred to the 3rd US Fleet when US Navy. to join Task Force 84 under US Navy command. 12th        Returned with TF37 to Manus because of oil fuel shortage in British Fleet train tankers. the Cruiser HMS Black Prince Returns After Taking Part in the Naval Bombardment Supporting the American Advance on Cherbourg. with TF57 for maintenance and repair of damaged ships. January                  Channel deployment in continuation. She had received a radar set before October 1940 but was otherwise unaltered. She was launched on 27 August 1942,and commissioned on 30 November 1943. to The Tiger-class cruisers were the last class all-gun cruisers completed for the British Royal Navy. 15th        Provided naval gunfire support with HM Battleship RAMILLIES, HM Cruisers ORION, AJAX. 25th        Carried out preliminary investigation of area with HMS STALKER and two destroyers. Repair work after explosion of defective shell in forward mounting delayed her departure. 27th        Redeployed under RN control in Task Group 111.2 and took passage from Subic Bay for Hong Kong. Her light AA at completion was four single 20 mm and two single 2 pdr. By the end of the war with Japan she had received five 40 mm Bofors and three single 40 mm Bofors Mk III. 4th Destroyer Flotilla - HM Destroyers UNDINE, URANIA, URCHIN, UNDAUNTED, QUIBERON (RAN), QUICKMATCH (RAN), QUALITY (RAN) and, 24th Destroyer Flotilla - HM Destroyers TENACIOUS, TERMAGANT, TERPSICHORE, (See THE FORGOTTEN FLEET by J Winton, and OPERATION PACIFIC by Edwyn Grey. She was launched on 27th August 1942 as the 5th RN warship to carry this name dating from 1650 and previously used for a cruiser sunk at Jutland in 1916. google_ad_slot = "8788879265"; The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. , EURYALUS and ships of 25th Destroyer Flotilla as screen, Assisted AA defence of TF57 during repeated KAMIKAZE attacks during which, 12th        Resumed covering duties after refuelling and positioned to give cover against the, 25th        Withdrew from operations with ships of TF 57 for Rest and Recuperation period in. This ships belongs to the 'Improved' Dido Class, the first 7 ships of the Dido Class were HMS Dido, HMS Euryalus, HMS Phoebe, HMS Sirius, HMS Cleopatra, HMS Scylla and HMS Argonaut. However, the third ship was cancelled in November 1918. This class of cruisers is also known as Improved Dido or Bellona Class. HMS Swiftsure was a Minotaur-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. For the later unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun. (Note: To be deployed with 4th Cruiser Squadron -see below). HM Cruisers BLACK PRINCE, EURYALUS, ACHILLES (RNZN), UGANDA (RCN) and. The Fiji-class cruisers were a class of cruisers of the Royal Navy named after Crown Colonies of the British Empire. The forward A and B 4.5-inch turrets were mounted on the top of conjoint deckhouses, extending the superstructure to allow the two cruisers to play a flagship role with more accommodation and radar rooms. However, in spite of the heavy toll of cruisers in that year and the following one, the building of this new class had a relatively low priority and only three were completed by end of World War II. 15th        Covered reoccupation of Piraeus with HM Cruisers AURORA, AJAX, and ORION, HM Escort, Aircraft Carriers STALKER, ATTACKER and EMPEROR. Nov 6, 2018 - HMS Black Prince Bellona/modified Dido-class AA cruiser The cruisers were finally completed in a changed design, after a very long delay, entering service in the 1960s as the Tiger-class. Covered operations by Carrier groups on targets in N Honshu and Hokkaido. In 1956, Diadem was sold to Pakistan and renamed Babur. Dido Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy: Hms Argonaut (61), Hms Bellona (63), Hms Black Prince (81), Hms Bonaventure (31), Hms Charybdis (88), Hms Cleop Source Wikipedia General Books , 2013 - … On 8 September,Black Prince arrived in Alexandria. She received five single 20 mm in September 1941 and had radar Type 279 by this time. The QF 5.25-inch Mark I gun was the heaviest dual-purpose gun used by the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The cruiser was commissioned in 1943, and served during World War II on the Arctic convoys, during the Normandy landings, and as part of the British Pacific Fleet. 9th          Rejoined US Task Force ships for operations off Japan. 23rd        Carried out unsuccessful shipping sweep with HM Destroyer ASHANTI, HM Canadian. Improved DIDO-Class cruiser ordered from Harland & Wolff of Belfast on 4th September 1939 under War Estimates and laid on 2nd November 1939. на world-war.co.uk. The Arethusa class was a class of four light cruisers built for the Royal Navy between 1933 and 1937 and that served in World War II. In 1951 the American-sourced quadruple Bofors and Oerilikons were replaced by three twin MK 5 Bofors and eight single Mk 7. Passage to Alexandria with HI Escort Aircraft Carrier STALKER. The class were intended to be armed with ten 5.25 inch (133 mm) guns in five twin turrets, which were of the same circular design as the secondary armament in the King George V-class battleships. A shortage of the guns, due to difficulties in manufacturing them, led to the first group being armed with only eight 5.25 inch guns in four twin turrets. 80 rounds were fired in all. 17th        Covered bombardment operations by British ships on Tokyo area. Bombarded shore batteries near St. Vaast-la-Hogue. November              Contractor's trials and commissioned for service with 10th Cruiser Squadron. She returned to service after refitting with simplified secondary armament with a single quad "pom pom" in Q position and eight Mk3 40mm Bofors guns. Five ships were lost during the war: Bonaventure, Charybdis, Hermione, Naiad, and Spartan). (Preparatory phase of Operation OLYMPIC). 26th        Deployed for interception of enemy convoys evacuating troops to Greek ports. Light anti-aircraft armament and fire control was also improved. на uboat.net. Babur became a cadet training ship in 1962 but was brought into use and her 5.25-inch guns were fired in the limited naval activities during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. HMS Charybdis was a Dido-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was built by Harland & Wolff of Belfast, Northern Ireland, with her keel being laid down on 1 December 1939. A shortage of the guns, due to difficulties in manufacturing them, led to the first group being armed with only eight 5.25-inch guns in four twin turrets. Transferred to SW Approaches based at Plymouth for interception of enemy convoys in English, Channel and Bay of Biscay (Operation TUNNEL Series), For details of TUNNEL operations see HOLD THE NARROW SEA by P Smith. Two ships were to be modified to be command ships of aircraft carrier and cruiser groups intended for action against German battlecruisers. March, 2nd         Flagship of escort with same destroyer screen during return passage of Convoy RA57-, 7th          Detached from RA57 with Home Fleet destroyers before arrival of convoy in Loch Ewe. HMS Royalist was an improved Dido-class light cruiser – one of five Bellona-class cruisers with greatly improved main armament giving more capability against sea and air targets. Bei Ausbruch des Krieges waren die zehn Schiffe der beiden ersten Baulose beg… The forward superstructure was considerably modified to accommodate these and also to increase crew spaces. During her service in the Pacific in 1945, she proved the most efficient anti-aircraft cruiser in the fleet, and was the first Royal Navy cruiser with the 274 lock-and-follow radar targeting system for her main armament. Black Prince was loaned to the RNZN after the war and was operational briefly in 1947 before part of her crew mutinied and were discharged, and after a 1952 refit with 8 single Mk3P 40mm which were electric powered, like the RN Mk 9 and 6 single Oerlikon and operated till 1955, which included a visit to the 1953 Fleet Review at Spithead. During repairs in the first six months of 1943, all three quadruple 2 pdr mounts were landed, as were seven single 20 mm, to be replaced by three quadruple 40 mm Bofors guns and six twin 20 mm. HMS Euryalus was the last remaining in-service ship of the original class, being decommissioned in 1954 and scrapped in 1959. google_ad_height = 90; Charybdis was also completed with four twin 4.5 inch, and had in addition a single 4 in Mk V forward of X mounting. July                         Nominated for service in Mediterranean for support of allied landings in south of France. Sirius was completed with five turrets and five 20 mm. 2nd         Deployed with other cruisers of Squadron as radio communications link between ships of TF37. and the machine guns were removed in the latter half of 1941 at Brooklyn Navy Yard, when the "Q" position 5.25 in. MGs removed in October/November 1941 and received five single 20 mm. Improved DIDO-Class cruiser ordered from Harland & Wolff of Belfast on 4th September 1939 under War Estimates and laid on 2nd November 1939. Originally these were Scylla and Charybdis of the third group, but after the loss of Charybdis in 1943, Royalist of the fourth/Bellona group was selected: these two were also known as the Modified Dido. British naval ship classes of the Second World War, Roberts. Royalist′s reconstruction, like that of Newfoundland, incorporated much of the RN's late 1940s and early 1950s view of a desirable cruiser. The first group of three ships were commissioned in 1940, the second group (six ships) and third group (two ships) were commissioned between 1941–1942. "Damnable Folly? 11th        Operations delayed by weather. THE HISTORY OF THE H.M.S. These ships used the HACS high angle fire control system. August                  Allocated to Gunfire Support Group ALPHA. Three quadruple 40 mm Bofors and six twin 20 mm were fitted and the singles numbered four. and took part in other training with Home Fleet ships. The cruiser was commissioned in 1943, and served during World War II on the Arctic convoys, during the Normandy landings, and as part of the British Pacific Fleet.In 1946, the cruiser was loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy, becoming HMNZS Black Prince.The cruiser was docked for modernisation in … This ship and HMNZS Bellona replaced the cruisers Gambia and Achilles shortly after the Second World War.. Read more about HMNZS Black Prince on the RNZN Museum website. HMS Black Prince (81). Swiftsure was the last Royal Navy cruiser completed during World War Two and was the first British cruiser designed around the concept of an operations room and modern radar, with sensor screens and communications positioned for efficient operation. She received a quadruple 2 pdr in lieu of the 5.25 in, and had five twin 20 mm fitted. in operational area as part of Task Force 38 and re-designated Task Group 38.5. The class were intended to be armed with ten 5.25-inch (133 mm) guns in five twin turrets, which were of the same circular design as the secondary armament in the King George V-class battleships. 267 guns were built. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 22 September 1941, launched on 4 February 1943 by Lady Wake-Walker and commissioned on 22 June 1944. During the Normandy landings she was part of Force "A" of Task Force 125 in support of Utah Beach. SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2, by Lt Cdr Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd) (c) 2004, HMS BLACK PRINCE  -  Bellona/Improved Dido-class AA Cruiser including Convoy Escort Movements, Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net. 2nd         Passage from Gibraltar to join Task Force 84 under US Navy command. Bombarded coastal defence batteries prior to landings of US 3rd Division. Following the Cavendish class, three ships of a new class were ordered in March 1918, towards the end of World War I, designed to emphasise high speed at the cost of other qualities, for use against rumoured new high-speed German cruisers – like the Brummer class – and particularly minelayers, in the North Sea. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons, standard displacement and 8-inch calibre main guns may be referred to as "treaty cruisers". Bombarded AA defences at Nobara with HMS EURYALUS. The QF 4.5 inch gun has been the standard medium-calibre naval gun used by the Royal Navy as a medium-range weapon capable of use against surface, aircraft and shore bombardment targets since 1938. 20th        Bombarded Giens batteries with French cruiser EMILE BERTIN, US cruisers USS AUGUSTA, For further details see LANDINGS IN SOUTH FRANCE (HMSO) and ENGAGE THE ENEMY. Black Prince did not re-enter service, and was towed from Auckland to the Osaka for scrapping in 1962. One of these was landed at Massawa [6] at the end of 1943 and two 40 mm Bofors Mk III were fitted. Black Prince was one of five improved " Dido " Class Cruisers commissioned for service in the Royal Navy during World War 2.H.M.S.Black Prince, was built by Harland and Wolf Ltd. in Belfast, and was launched in August 1942,and commissioned for service on the 21st October 1943. On release from Western Task Force took passage to Tyne for repairs. 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