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of I/KG.30, and hit the corner of the pom-pom magazine, passed through three decks at an angle and exited the hull, detonating in the water. There was minor structural damage and temporary failure of electrical systems. She was repaired and at the end of the year she was one of the ships involved in
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structure seems to provide a good point of aim, they are always being hit there." Despite this concern, the other four ships in the
Southampton sub-class served through the entire war, and only two of the ten overall Town class ships were lost due to air attack (two others were lost to torpedo
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Norwegian coast when she sustained splinter damage in a German air attack. The main battery director was temporarily knocked out. After being repaired, she had anti-invasion duties on the south-coast of England until she returned to Scapa Flow in October.
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1344:World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea
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322:, and initially served as the flagship of the
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735:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
656:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
475:. Heavily damaged and without power,
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351:was then finished off by destroyer
187:61 ft 8 in (18.80 m)
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195:21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
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543:: G.A.M. Books. pp. 63–64.
500:, wrote a private letter to the
179:591 ft (180 m) overall
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537:HMS Gloucester The Untold Story
307:and launched on 10 March 1936.
1324:Ships built on the River Clyde
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1354:Ships sunk by German aircraft
479:was sunk by one torpedo from
212:Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
496:, Commander-in-Chief of the
263:QF 2-pounder (40 mm) AA guns
251:QF 4-inch (102 mm) guns
245:BL 6-inch (152 mm) guns
418:action off Cape Spartivento
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1319:Town-class cruisers (1936)
483:and four from the cruiser
442:came under attack from 12
416:. She participated in the
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1339:Cruisers sunk by aircraft
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492:A week after the sinking
387:after the sinking of the
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372:the hunt for the German
297:John Brown & Company
83:John Brown & Company
731:Waters, Conrad (2019).
628:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
577:"Seekrieg 1941, Januar"
428:during the campaign in
225:32 knots (59 km/h)
143:General characteristics
575:; Gerhard Hümmelchen.
455:Sturzkampfgeschwader 2
389:armed merchant cruiser
671:McCart, Neil (2012).
269:21-inch (533 mm)
169:11,350 tons full load
535:Otter, Ken (2001) .
324:2nd Cruiser Squadron
835:Town-class cruisers
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757:. London: Cassell.
673:Town Class Cruisers
498:Mediterranean Fleet
430:Italian East Africa
400:. On 9 April 1940,
349:Johannes Molkenbuhr
332:Johannes Molkenbuhr
295:. She was built by
166:9,100 tons standard
494:Admiral Cunningham
469:and the destroyer
16:Town-class cruiser
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1094:Ingenieur Riebell
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790:34.900°N 18.400°E
742:978-1-5267-1885-3
682:978-1-904-45952-1
663:978-1-59114-078-8
641:978-1-86176-281-8
334:off Stadtlandet,
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109:Commissioned
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1244:Empire Seal
1234:Illustrious
1223:Illustrious
1195:Illustrious
1126:San Giorgio
1088:Almeda Star
1068:Southampton
860:Southampton
843:Southampton
793: /
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477:Southampton
410:Southampton
402:Southampton
378:Scharnhorst
374:battleships
361:Southampton
316:Southampton
284:Southampton
205:Four-shaft
73:Southampton
39:Southampton
1329:1936 ships
1313:Categories
1214:HTMS
1156:Königsberg
1040:Tannenberg
1028:Shipwrecks
916:Gloucester
909:Manchester
892:Gloucester
881:Birmingham
600:References
481:Gloucester
467:Gloucester
439:Gloucester
398:Scapa Flow
393:Rawalpindi
328:Home Fleet
289:Town class
230:Complement
215:75,000 shp
200:Propulsion
152:Town-class
1232:HMS
1221:HMS
1205:Manhattan
1193:HMS
1186:HMS
1120:Oslofjord
1066:HMS
944:Edinburgh
927:Edinburgh
902:Liverpool
867:Sheffield
853:Newcastle
513:attack).
459:Luftwaffe
384:Gneisenau
340:destroyer
326:with the
301:Clydebank
257:3-pounder
93:Laid down
87:Clydebank
1251:26 Jan:
1241:23 Jan:
1230:19 Jan:
1216:Thonburi
1212:16 Jan:
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1184:10 Jan:
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1143:27 Jan:
1136:Meriones
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1064:11 Jan:
1054:10 Jan:
960:Arethusa
753:(1995).
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587:24 March
559:59524624
305:Scotland
238:Armament
132:Scuttled
101:Launched
1188:Gallant
1174:8 Jan:
1114:Liguria
1104:Florian
1078:Oropesa
1036:5 Jan:
937:Belfast
874:Glasgow
781:18°24′E
778:34°54′N
472:Diamond
426:Kismayu
422:Red Sea
207:Parsons
192:Draught
79:Builder
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449:of II
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354:Jersey
347:, and
344:Jervis
336:Norway
176:Length
971:class
962:class
929:class
894:class
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517:Notes
486:Orion
463:Malta
444:Stuka
369:Ju 88
243:12 ×
222:Speed
136:Malta
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1283:1942
1275:1941
1267:1940
1177:I-61
1057:Vega
969:Dido
759:ISBN
737:ISBN
718:ISBN
696:ISBN
677:ISBN
658:ISBN
636:ISBN
612:ISBN
589:2015
555:OCLC
545:ISBN
381:and
282:HMS
267:6 ×
261:8 x
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184:Beam
134:off
128:Fate
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