HMS Bermuda (52)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bermuda.
HMS Bermuda (pennant number 52, later C52) was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was completed during World War II and served in that conflict. She was named for the British territory of Bermuda, and was the eighth vessel of that name.
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Name | Bermuda |
Namesake | Bermuda |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Yard number | 568 |
Laid down | 30 November 1939 |
Launched | 11 September 1941 |
Commissioned | 21 August 1942 |
Decommissioned | 1962 |
Identification | Pennant number 52 |
Fate | Scrapped, 26 August 1965 |
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Class and type | Fiji-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 8,631 long tons (8,770 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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Bermuda was built by John Brown & Company of Clydebank and launched on 11 September 1941. In the same year, the lead ship of the class, Fiji, was sunk while participating in the evacuation of Crete.