Fiji-class cruiser

	Nigeria in 1943
Class overview
Name	Fiji class
Operators	Royal Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy; Indian Navy; Peruvian Navy;
Preceded by	Dido class,Town class
Succeeded by	Minotaur class
Subclasses	Fiji; Ceylon;
Built	1938–1943
In commission	1940–1985
Completed	11
Lost	2
Scrapped	9
General characteristics
Class and type	Light cruiser
Displacement	8,530 long tons (8,670 t) standard; 10,450 long tons (10,620 t) full load; Later 10,830–11,090 long tons (11,000–11,270 t) full load;
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.32 m) (o/a); 538 ft (164 m) (p/p);
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draught	16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Installed power	4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 72,500 shp (54,100 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Range	10,100 nmi (18,700 km; 11,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	730; 920 war time;
Armament	Fiji group:; 12 × BL 6 in (152 mm) Mark XXIII guns in 4 triple mountings Mark XXI; 8 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark XVI guns in 4 twin mountings Mark XIX; 8 × QF 2 pdr (40 mm) Mark VIII "pom-pom" in 2 quad mountings Mark VII; 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) tubes for torpedoes Mark IX; Ceylon group:; 9 × BL 6 in (152 mm) Mark XXIII guns in 3 triple mountings Mark XXI; 8 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark XVI guns in 4 twin mountings Mark XIX; 12 × QF 2 pdr (40 mm) Mark VIII in 3 quad mountings Mark VII; 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) tubes for torpedoes Mark IX;
Armour	Belt 3+1⁄2–3+1⁄4 in (89–83 mm); Bulkheads 2–1+1⁄2 in (51–38 mm); Turrets 2–1 in (51–25 mm); Ring bulkheads 1 in (25 mm) max;
Aircraft carried	Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (removed by 1944, never fitted in Fiji or Kenya)

The Fiji-class cruisers were a class of eleven light cruisers of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service throughout the Second World War. Each ship of the class was named after a Crown colony or other constituent territory of the British Commonwealth and Empire. The class was also known as the Colony class,^[1] or Crown Colony class.^[2] Developed as more compact versions of the preceding Town-class cruisers, the last three were built to a slightly modified design and were sometimes also called the Ceylon class.

^ US Office of Naval Intelligence, Index to Warships of the British Commonwealth (ONI-201), December 1944
^ The Naval Review vol. 36, p. 65 (1948)

[1] US Office of Naval Intelligence, Index to Warships of the British Commonwealth (ONI-201), December 1944

[2] The Naval Review vol. 36, p. 65 (1948)

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Class overview
Nigeria in 1943
Name	Fiji class
Operators	Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Royal New Zealand Navy Indian Navy Peruvian Navy
Preceded by	Dido class,Town class
Succeeded by	Minotaur class
Subclasses	Fiji Ceylon
Built	1938–1943
In commission	1940–1985
Completed	11
Lost	2
Scrapped	9
General characteristics
Class and type	Light cruiser
Displacement	8,530 long tons (8,670 t) standard 10,450 long tons (10,620 t) full load Later 10,830–11,090 long tons (11,000–11,270 t) full load
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.32 m) (o/a) 538 ft (164 m) (p/p)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draught	16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Installed power	4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 72,500 shp (54,100 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Range	10,100 nmi (18,700 km; 11,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	730 920 war time
Armament	Fiji group: 12 × BL 6 in (152 mm) Mark XXIII guns in 4 triple mountings Mark XXI 8 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark XVI guns in 4 twin mountings Mark XIX 8 × QF 2 pdr (40 mm) Mark VIII "pom-pom" in 2 quad mountings Mark VII 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) tubes for torpedoes Mark IX Ceylon group: 9 × BL 6 in (152 mm) Mark XXIII guns in 3 triple mountings Mark XXI 8 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark XVI guns in 4 twin mountings Mark XIX 12 × QF 2 pdr (40 mm) Mark VIII in 3 quad mountings Mark VII 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) tubes for torpedoes Mark IX
Armour	Belt 3+1⁄2–3+1⁄4 in (89–83 mm) Bulkheads 2–1+1⁄2 in (51–38 mm) Turrets 2–1 in (51–25 mm) Ring bulkheads 1 in (25 mm) max
Aircraft carried	Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (removed by 1944, never fitted in Fiji or Kenya)