HMS Devonshire

HMS Devonshire, pennant number 39, was a County-class heavy cruiser of the London sub-class built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. The ship spent most of her pre-World War II career assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet aside from a brief tour with the China Station. She spent the first two months of the Second World War in the Mediterranean until she was transferred to the Home Fleet and became flagship of a cruiser squadron. Devonshire took part in the Norwegian campaign in mid 1940 and evacuated much of the Norwegian government in June. Several months later, she participated in the Battle of Dakar, a failed attempt to seize the Vichy French colony of Senegal in September. The ship remained in the South Atlantic afterwards and supported Free French efforts to take control of French Equatorial Africa in addition to searching for German commerce raiders.

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1929  Wikimedia, Wikidata
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mass 10000 tonne, length 192.86 metre, beam 20.12 metre, draft 6.88 metre, speed 31.5 knot, speed 32 knot, 8 naval artillery, 
heavy cruiser, County-class heavy cruiser, Royal Navy, Devonport Dockyard, 

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keel laying

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ship launching

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ship commissioning

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HMS Devonshire FL5884 (cropped)

HMS Devonshire FL5884

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Engelse Kruiser Devonshire in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 903-4566

Engelse Kruiser Devonshire in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 903-4563

Engelse Kruiser Devonshire in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 903-4564

Engelse Kruiser Devonshire in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 903-4565

NMM by Richard Symonds 20

Memorial Plaque - HMS Devonshire 1929

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Devonshire FL5884 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Devonshire FL5884		Commons
commons	image		073539Devonshire1936-39		Commons
commons	image		Engelse Kruiser Devonshire in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 903-4566		Commons
commons	image		Engelse Kruiser Devonshire in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 903-4563		Commons
commons	image		Engelse Kruiser Devonshire in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 903-4564		Commons
commons	image		Engelse Kruiser Devonshire in Amsterdam, Bestanddeelnr 903-4565		Commons
commons	image		NMM by Richard Symonds 20		Commons
commons	image		Memorial Plaque - HMS Devonshire 1929		Commons