HMS Nigeria (60)

Nigeria
History
United Kingdom
Name	Nigeria
Namesake	Nigeria
Ordered	20 December 1937
Builder	Vickers Armstrongs, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down	8 February 1938
Launched	18 July 1939
Commissioned	23 September 1940
Out of service	Sold to Indian Navy as Mysore, 29 August 1957
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1941, Norway 1941, Arctic 1942, Malta Convoys 1942, Sabang 1944, Burma 1944–45
Badge	On a Field barry wavy of six White and Blue within two triangles Green, the Imperial Crown Proper
India
Name	Mysore[1]
Acquired	29 August 1957
Decommissioned	20 August 1985
Identification	Pennant number: C60
Fate	Scrapped, 1986
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Fiji-class light cruiser
Displacement	8,530 long tons (8,670 t) (standard)
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.3 m)
Beam	62 ft (18.9 m)
Draught	19 ft 10 in (6 m)
Installed power	4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
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)
Armament	4 × triple 6 in (152 mm) guns 4 × twin 4 in (102 mm) DP guns 2 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 2 × quadruple Vickers 0.5 in (12.7 mm) AA machine guns 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Engine and boiler rooms: 3.25 in (83 mm) Decks: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm) Magazines: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm) Gun turrets: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
Aircraft carried	2 × seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult, 2 × hangars

HMS Nigeria (pennant number 60) was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy completed early in World War II and served during that conflict. She was named after the British colony of Nigeria.