Fleet Ledger

Naval wars from the age of sail to the present day

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Dido class

Dido class

Britain

Light cruiser

8 ships covered here · launched 1939–1940 · 3 lost · 14 battles between them

HMS Bonaventure
Sunk
Britain

Light cruiser · Dido class

8 × 5.3″ guns in 4 twin mounts

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

HMS Dido
Survived
Britain

Light cruiser · Dido class

10 × 5.3″ guns in 5 twin mounts

Launched 1939 · 3 battles

HMS Euryalus
Survived
Britain

Light cruiser · Dido class

10 × 5.3″ guns in 5 twin mounts

Launched 1939 · 2 battles

HMS Naiad
Sunk
Britain

Light cruiser · Dido class

8 × 5.3″ guns

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

HMS Phoebe
Survived
Britain

Light cruiser · Dido class

8 × 5.3″ guns in 4 twin mounts

Launched 1939 · 1 battle

HMS Charybdis
Sunk
Britain

Light cruiser · Dido class

8 × 4.5″ guns

Launched 1940 · 3 battles

HMS Cleopatra
Survived
Britain

Light cruiser · Dido class

10 × 5.3″ guns

Launched 1940 · 2 battles

HMS Sirius
Survived
Britain

Light cruiser · Dido class

10 × 5.3″ guns in 5 twin mounts

Launched 1940 · 1 battle