Dido Class (Cruisers)

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Name (Latin)

Wikidata: Q1210639

Library of congress: sh2010009658

Sources of Information

Work cat.: Raven, A. Dido class cruisers, 1973.
Wikipedia, 25 May 2010:Dido class cruiser (the Dido class was a class of sixteen light cruisers built for the Royal Navy; the first group of three ships were commissioned in 1940; most members of the class were named after figures of Greek mythology; in World War II, the ships of this class saw much action, including the battle of Cape Matapan, the battle of Okinawa, Operation Overlord, Operation Torch and the Second Battle of Sirte, as well as many other duties in the Mediterranean and Pacific; the class lost a number of ships during the war, these were Bonaventure, Charybdis, Hermione, Naiad, Scylla and Spartan; the post-war survivors continued in service; all were decommissioned by the 1960s)
btinternet.com~warship website, 25 May 2010(Dido class anti-aircraft cruisers)

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