HMS Nigeria (60)
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HMS Nigeria (pennant number 60) was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy completed early in World War II and served during that conflict. She was named after the British colony of Nigeria.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Nigeria |
Namesake | Nigeria |
Ordered | 20 December 1937 |
Builder | Vickers Armstrongs, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Laid down | 8 February 1938 |
Launched | 18 July 1939 |
Commissioned | 23 September 1940 |
Out of service | Sold to Indian Navy as Mysore, 29 August 1957 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1941, Norway 1941, Arctic 1942, Malta Convoys 1942, Sabang 1944, Burma 1944–45 |
Badge | On a Field barry wavy of six White and Blue within two triangles Green, the Imperial Crown Proper |
India | |
Name | Mysore[1] |
Acquired | 29 August 1957 |
Decommissioned | 20 August 1985 |
Identification | Pennant number: C60 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1986 |
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Class and type | Fiji-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 8,530 long tons (8,670 t) (standard) |
Length | 555 ft 6 in (169.3 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (18.9 m) |
Draught | 19 ft 10 in (6 m) |
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Propulsion | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbine sets |
Speed | 32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph) |
Range | 6,250 nmi (11,580 km; 7,190 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 733 (peacetime), 900 (wartime) |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × seaplanes |
Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult, 2 × hangars |
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