H.M.S. Dido
37
1940
(Neptun 1141)
- Class: Dido (1st group) - 11 cruisers of 1937-39
- Displacement: 5,600 tons
- Dimensions: 485 (pp) 512 (oa) x 50.5 x 14 ft
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, SHP 62,000 = 33 knots
- Armor: Main belt 2in-3in, deck .5in-1in-2in, turrets 1in-2in, DCT 1in
- Armament: 10-5.25in DP (5x2), 8-2pdr AA (2x4), 13-20mm AA (4x2+5x1) guns; 6-21in TT (2x3)
- Complement: 480
- Builder: Cammell Laird (Birkenhead)
- Laid Down: 20 Oct 1937
- Launched: 18 Jul 1939
- Completed: 30 Sep 1940
- Fate: Sold T. W. Ward 1957, arrived Barrow 16 Jul 1957 for scrapping
- Service: 15th CS, Mediterranean Fleet, Nov 1940-Apr 1941. Damaged by bombing off Crete 29 May 1941. Repair and refitting in USA, Jul-Dec 1941. 15th CS, Mediterranean Fleet, Aug 1941-Dec 1942. Gibraltar Command, Jan 1943. 12th CS, Mediterranean Fleet, Jan-Dec 1943. Refit May 1943. Damaged by bombing 17 Oct 1943. Force 'K' Dec 1943. 15th CS, Mediterranean Fleet, Feb-Jun 1944; gunfire support at Anzio. Rammed by LCT Feb 1944. Supported landings in S. France, Aug 1944. 10th CS, Home Fleet, Aug 1944-Mar 1946. Scrapped at Barrow from Jul 1958.
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