H.M.S. Black Prince
89
1943
(Neptun 1141b)
- Class: modified Dido - 5 cruisers of 1939
- Displacement: 5,950 tons
- Dimensions: 485 (pp) 512 (oa) x 50.5 x 18 ft
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, SHP 62,000 = 32 knots
- Armor: Main belt 2in-3in, deck 0.5in-1in-2in, turrets 1in-2in, DCT 1in
- Armament: 8-5.25in DP (4x2), 12-2pdr AA (3x4), 12-20mm AA (6x2) guns; 6-21in TT (2x3)
- Complement: 530
- Builder: Harland & Wolff
- Laid Down: 1 Dec 1939
- Launched: 27 Aug 1942
- Completed: 20 Nov 1943
- Service: Unallocated cruiser, Home Fleet, Oct-Dec 1943. Attached cruiser, Plymouth Command, Feb 1944. Unallocated cruiser, Home Fleet, Mar 1944. Attached cruiser, Plymouth Command, Mar-May 1944. 10th CS, Home Fleet, Jun 1944 in support of Normandy landings. 15th CS, Mediterranean Fleet Aug-Nov 1944, in support of landings in S. France. 4th CS, East Indies Command, Dec 1944. 4th CS, British Pacific Fleet, Jan-Sep 1945. 2nd CS, British Pacific Fleet, Oct 1945-Mar 1946. Scrapped at Osaka, Japan from Aug 1962.
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