HMS Gloucester

HMS Gloucester was one of the second batch of three Town-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s. Commissioned shortly before the start of World War II in August 1939, the ship was initially assigned to the China Station and was transferred to the Indian Ocean and later to South Africa to search for German commerce raiders. She was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in mid-1940 and spent much of her time escorting Malta Convoys. Gloucester played minor roles in the Battle of Calabria in 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941. She was sunk by German dive bombers on 22 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete with the loss of 722 men out of a crew of 807. Gloucester acquired the nickname "The Fighting G" after earning five battle honours in less than a year.

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1939  Wikimedia, Wikidata
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mass 9600 tonne, mass 11650 tonne, length 179.2 metre, beam 19 metre, speed 32 knot, draft 6.3 metre, 
Town-class light cruiser, Gloucester-class light cruiser, light cruiser, shipwreck, HMNB Devonport, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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  HMS Sickle ⓘ
  1942 S-class submarine

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HMAS GLOUCESTER (27374090325)

HMAS GLOUCESTER (27374090325)

HMS Gloucester

HMS Gloucester sinking

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		Ship Design Drawings archive page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		HMS Sickle	submarine, S-class submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Greyhound	destroyer, shipwreck, G and H-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1939	HMS Gloucester	Gloucester-class light cruiser, shipwreck, light cruiser, Town-class light cruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		HMAS GLOUCESTER (27374090325)		Commons
commons	image		HMAS GLOUCESTER (27374090325)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Gloucester		Commons
commons	image		HMS Gloucester sinking		Commons