HMS Kenya
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HMS Kenya was a Fiji-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was named after Kenya, a British possession at the time of the ship's construction.
Kenya underway
Operation Pedestal, 12 August 1942: Kenya under air attack on her return voyage to Gibraltar.
Royal Marines of Kenya dashing ashore as their wooden hulled assault craft touch down on the beach at Cheduba, South of Ramree, Burma. There is a small ladder hanging over the front of the boat so the men can disembark.
HMS London (69)
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HMS London, pennant number C69, was a member of the second group of the County-class heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy. She and her sisters; Sussex, Shropshire, and Devonshire differed from the earlier
HMS Kenya
…guns and updated surface and long-range early-warning radar and fire control for the anti-aircraft armament. She was reactivated to replace the cruiser London on the Far East station, in 1949 after another extensive refit. Kenya took part in naval operations in the Korean War. In March she bombarded Choda…
HMS London tow
The gun crew of a .5-inch four barrelled Vickers gun at their quarter on board HMS London. Note the long belts of ammunition hanging off the two men.
HM King George VI meeting the officers of HMS London lined up on deck next to one of the cruiser's 8-inch gun turrets, part of the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow.
A photo of HMS London in 1941.