The Arethusa class was a class of four light cruisers built for the Royal Navy between 1933 and 1937 and that served in World War II. It had been intended to construct six ships, but the last pair, Po
HMS Galatea as completed, at Devonport, c. 1935
Leander-class cruiser (1931)
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The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II. They were named after mythological figures, and all ships were commi
Arethusa-class cruiser (1934)
…were ordered in 1934 as the 9,100-ton Town-class Southampton and Newcastle. The Arethusas were a smaller version of the Amphion group of the earlier Leander class, having the unit machinery layout and two funnels of the former. The design was judged to be the minimum required for a "trade route cruiser" to counter…
HMS Apollo in 1938 at Miami, Florida prior to transfer to Royal Australian Navy