Dido-class cruiser
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The Dido class consisted of sixteen light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The first group of three ships were commissioned in 1940; the second group of six ships and third group
Cleopatra lays smoke to shield a convoy as Euryalus elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian fleet at the Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942
The cruisers Edinburgh, Hermione, and Euryalus, steaming in line abreast whilst they escort a convoy (not visible) as part of Operation Halberd to resupply Malta
Bellona of the Bellona subclass
HMS Dido (37)
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HMS Dido was the name ship of her class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy. Constructed by Cammell Laird Shipyard of Birkenhead, United Kingdom, she entered service in 1940 during World War II. The
Dido-class cruiser
…by the RNZN.. The original Dido-class ships HMS Bonaventure, HMS Charybdis, HMS Hermione and HMS Naiad were lost in the war. The survivor, name ship HMS Dido, was put into reserve in 1947 and decommissioned ten years later. HMS Euryalus was the last of the original class to see service, being decommissioned…
Dido at anchor
A 20 mm Oerlikon gunner on board Dido having a cigarette lit by his friend between bombing attacks in the eastern Mediterranean, January 1942.