HMS Nigeria (C60)

Fiji Class Light Cruiser

Built by Vickers Armstrong, Tyne. Laid Down 8 February 1938.

Launched 18 July 1939. Completed 23 September 1940.

Paid off 1950. In reserve 1950-1954. Sold to India 1954 and renamed Mysore. Paid off 1985.

hit by a submarine torpedo - Pedestal convoy August 1942

 

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