|
Class
|
|
Type
|
|
Date Commissioned
|
|
Service Tenure
|
|
Fate
|
|
Answer
|
|
Hawkins
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
October 1, 1918
|
|
1918-1946
|
|
Converted to aircraft carrier HMS Vindictive, scrapped in 1946
|
|
Cavendish
|
|
Hawkins
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
July 9, 1925
|
|
1925-1940
|
|
Wrecked on Faksen Shoal in Bodo Norway, May 18, 1940
|
|
Effingham
|
|
Hawkins
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
October 3, 1924
|
|
1924-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1949
|
|
Frobisher
|
|
Hawkins
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
July 19, 1919
|
|
1919-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1947
|
|
Hawkins
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
July 12, 1927
|
|
1927-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1948
|
|
Berwick
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
February 23, 1928
|
|
1928-1951
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Cumberland
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
May 31, 1928
|
|
1928-1948
|
|
Scrapped in 1948
|
|
Suffolk
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
June 25, 1928
|
|
1928-1948
|
|
Scrapped January 22, 1948
|
|
Kent
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
May 10, 1928
|
|
1928-1942
|
|
Sunk by IJN aircraft, April 5, 1942
|
|
Cornwall
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
January 31, 1929
|
|
1929-1950
|
|
Scrapped in 1950
|
|
London
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
March 18, 1929
|
|
1929-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1954
|
|
Devonshire
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
March 19, 1929
|
|
1929-1950
|
|
Scrapped in 1950
|
|
Sussex
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
September 24, 1929
|
|
1929-1949
|
|
To Australia, scrapped in 1954
|
|
Shropshire
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
April 30, 1930
|
|
1930-1950
|
|
Scrapped in 1950
|
|
Norfolk
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
September, 30, 1930
|
|
1930-1942
|
|
Sunk by IJN aircraft, April 5, 1942
|
|
Dorsetshire
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Surrey
|
|
County
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Northumberland
|
|
York
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
May 1, 1930
|
|
1930-1941
|
|
Severely damaged by Italian motor torpedo boats, scuttled on May 22, 1941
|
|
York
|
|
York
|
|
Heavy/CA
|
|
July 27, 1931
|
|
1931-1942
|
|
Sunk during the Second Battle of the Java Sea, March 1, 1942
|
|
Exeter
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
March 6, 1917
|
|
1917-1945
|
|
Scrapped in 1948
|
|
Caledon
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 21, 1917
|
|
1917-1940
|
|
Sunk by Italian submarine Alpino Bagnolini on June 12, 1940
|
|
Calypso
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 15,1917
|
|
1917-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Caradoc
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 1, 1917
|
|
1917-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Ceres
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 25, 1917
|
|
1917-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Cardiff
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
February 21, 1918
|
|
1918-1942
|
|
Crippled by German aircraft, scuttled on September 14, 1942
|
|
Coventry
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
December 14, 1917
|
|
1917-1940
|
|
Sunk in German air attack on May 26, 1940
|
|
Curlew
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
February 18, 1918
|
|
1918-1942
|
|
Sunk in collision with RMS Queen Mary on October 2, 1942
|
|
Curacoa
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 23, 1919
|
|
1919-1942
|
|
Sunk by Italian submarine Axum on August 12, 1942
|
|
Cairo
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 28, 1919
|
|
1919-1941
|
|
Sunk by air attack during evacuation of Crete on June 1, 1941
|
|
Calcutta
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 11, 1918
|
|
1918-1948
|
|
Scrapped in 1948
|
|
Carlisle
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
February 1922
|
|
1922-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Capetown
|
|
C
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 18, 1919
|
|
1919-1948
|
|
Scrapped in 1948
|
|
Colombo
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
July 22, 1918
|
|
1918-1946
|
|
To Poland as Conrad, returned and Scrapped in 1948
|
|
Danae
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 22, 1918
|
|
1918-1945
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Dauntless
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 16, 1918
|
|
1918-1944
|
|
Transferred to Poland, Damaged by human torpedo, scuttled as breakwater, July 20, 1944
|
|
Dragon
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 1919
|
|
1919-1948
|
|
Scrapped in 1948
|
|
Delhi
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 13, 1919
|
|
1919-1941
|
|
Sunk by U-124 on November 24, 1941
|
|
Dunedin
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 1, 1921
|
|
1921-1944
|
|
Sunk as a breakwater on June 9, 1944
|
|
Durban
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 2, 1922
|
|
1922-1945
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Despatch
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
October 1922
|
|
1922-1945
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Diomede
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Dryad
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Desperate
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Daedalus
|
|
Danae
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Daring
|
|
Emerald
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
January 14, 1926
|
|
1926-1948
|
|
Scrapped in 1948
|
|
Emerald
|
|
Emerald
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
April 7, 1926
|
|
1926-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Enterprise
|
|
Emerald
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Euphrates
|
|
Leander
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
March 24, 1933
|
|
1933-1948
|
|
Transferred to New Zealand, scrapped in 1950
|
|
Leander
|
|
Leander
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
January 18, 1934
|
|
1934-1948
|
|
Scrapped in 1949
|
|
Orion
|
|
Leander
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
February 23, 1934
|
|
1934-1941
|
|
Mined on December 19, 1941
|
|
Neptune
|
|
Leander
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 3, 1935
|
|
1935-1948
|
|
Scrapped in 1949
|
|
Ajax
|
|
Leander
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
October 10, 1933
|
|
1933-1978
|
|
Transferred to New Zealand, to India as Delhi, scrapped in 1978
|
|
Achilles
|
|
Leander
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 15, 1936
|
|
1936-1942
|
|
To Australia as Perth, sunk in the Battle of the Sunda Strait, March 1, 1942
|
|
Amphion
|
|
Leander
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
January 13, 1936
|
|
1936-1962
|
|
to Australia as Hobart, Scrapped in 1962
|
|
Apollo
|
|
Leander
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 24, 1935
|
|
1935-1941
|
|
Renamed Sydney, sunk with all hands in combat with merchant raider Kormoran, November 19, 1941
|
|
Phaeton
|
|
Arethusa
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
May 23, 1935
|
|
1935-1945
|
|
Scrapped in 1950
|
|
Arethusa
|
|
Arethusa
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 14, 1935
|
|
1935-1941
|
|
Sunk by U-557 on December 14, 1941
|
|
Galatea
|
|
Arethusa
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 13, 1936
|
|
1936-1944
|
|
Sunk by U-410 on February 18, 1944
|
|
Penelope
|
|
Arethusa
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 12, 1937
|
|
1937-1958
|
|
Transferred to China, scrapped in 1958
|
|
Aurora
|
|
Arethusa
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Arethusa
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Polyphemus
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
March 5, 1937
|
|
1937-1959
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Newcastle
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
March 6, 1937
|
|
1937-1941
|
|
Scuttled following air attack off Malta, January 11, 1941
|
|
Southampton
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 25, 1937
|
|
1937-1967
|
|
Scrapped in 1967
|
|
Sheffield
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 9, 1937
|
|
1937-1967
|
|
Scrapped in 1958
|
|
Glasgow
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 18, 1937
|
|
1937-1960
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Birmingham
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 2, 1938
|
|
1938-1958
|
|
Scrapped in 1958
|
|
Liverpool
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 4, 1938
|
|
1938-1942
|
|
Scuttled after damaged from Italian torpedo boats, August 13, 1942
|
|
Manchester
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
January 31, 1939
|
|
1939-1941
|
|
Sunk following air attack off Crete, May 22 ,1941
|
|
Gloucester
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 5, 1939
|
|
1939-
|
|
Museum ship in London
|
|
Belfast
|
|
Town
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
July 6, 1939
|
|
1939-1942
|
|
Crippled by U-boat, finished off by German destroyers. May 2, 1942
|
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 30, 1940
|
|
1940-1957
|
|
Scrapped in 1957
|
|
Dido
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 8, 1942
|
|
1942-1955
|
|
Scrapped in 1955
|
|
Argonaut
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
December 3, 1941
|
|
1941-1943
|
|
Sunk at Battle of Sept Iles, October 23, 1943
|
|
Charybdis
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 27, 1940
|
|
1940-1956
|
|
Scrapped in 1956
|
|
Phoebe
|
|
Dido
|
|
.Light/CL
|
|
March 25, 1941
|
|
1941-1942
|
|
Sunk by U-205, June 16, 1942
|
|
Hermione
|
|
Dido
|
|
.Light/CL
|
|
May 24, 1940
|
|
1940-1941
|
|
Sunk by Italian submarine Ambra on March 31, 1941
|
|
Bonaventure
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 12, 1942
|
|
1942-1950
|
|
Scrapped in 1950
|
|
Scylla
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
July 24, 1940
|
|
1940-1942
|
|
Sunk by U-565 on March 11, 1942
|
|
Naiad
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
December 5, 1941
|
|
1941-1958
|
|
Scrapped in 1958
|
|
Cleopatra
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
May 6, 1942
|
|
1942-1956
|
|
Scrapped in 1956
|
|
Sirius
|
|
Dido
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 30, 1941
|
|
1941-1959
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Euryalus
|
|
Dido/Bellona
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
October 29, 1943
|
|
1943-1959
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Bellona
|
|
Dido/Bellona
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 10, 1943
|
|
1943-1968
|
|
Scrapped in 1968
|
|
Royalist
|
|
Dido/Bellona
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
January 6, 1944
|
|
1944-1985
|
|
Transferred to Pakistan as Babur, scrapped in 1985
|
|
Diadem
|
|
Dido/Bellona
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 20, 1943
|
|
1943-1962
|
|
Scrapped in 1962
|
|
Black Prince
|
|
Dido/Bellona
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 10, 1943
|
|
1943-1944
|
|
Sunk by German aircraft on January 29, 1944
|
|
Spartan
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
May 5, 1940
|
|
1940-1941
|
|
Sunk by German bombers on May 22, 1941
|
|
Fiji
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 23, 1940
|
|
1940-1985
|
|
to India as Mysore, scrapped in 1986
|
|
Nigeria
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
January 4, 1940
|
|
1940-1952
|
|
Scrapped in 1965
|
|
Mauritius
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
September 27, 1940
|
|
1940-1958
|
|
Scrapped in 1962
|
|
Kenya
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
October 14, 1941
|
|
1941-1942
|
|
Scuttled after damaged from air attack on May 15, 1942
|
|
Trinidad
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 29, 1942
|
|
1942-1960
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Jamaica
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
February 21, 1942
|
|
1942-1960
|
|
Scrapped in 1968
|
|
Gambia
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
August 21, 1942
|
|
1942-1962
|
|
Scrapped in 1965
|
|
Bermuda
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
July 13, 1943
|
|
1943-1982
|
|
Sold to Peru as Coronel Bolognesi, scrapped in 1985
|
|
Ceylon
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
January 3, 1943
|
|
1943-1961
|
|
Transferred to Canada, scrapped in 1961
|
|
Uganda
|
|
Crown Colony
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
January 21, 1943
|
|
1943-1979
|
|
To Peru as Almirante Grau, scrapped in 1979
|
|
Newfoundland
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
May 25, 1945
|
|
1945-1958
|
|
To Canada as Ontario, scrapped in 1960
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
June 22, 1944
|
|
1945-1958
|
|
Scrapped in 1962
|
|
Swiftsure
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
November 16, 1945
|
|
1945-1957
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Superb
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Hawke
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Bellerophon
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Blake
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Defence
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Mars
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Tiger
|
|
Neptune
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Neptune
|
|
Neptune
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Centurion
|
|
Neptune
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Edgar
|
|
Neptune
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Minotaur
|
|
Neptune
|
|
Light/CL
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Mars
|
|
