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==Captains==
==Captains==
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Revision as of 19:57, 10 November 2016

H.M.S. Aurora (1936)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 23 Jul, 1935[2]
Launched: 20 Aug, 1936[3]
Completed: 12 Nov, 1937[4]
Transferred: 1948
Fate: to China

H.M.S. Aurora was one of four Arethusa Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  5. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  6. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.


Arethusa Class Light Cruiser
  Arethusa Aurora Galatea Penelope  
<– Leander Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Southampton Class –>


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