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		The Town class was a class of light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and wer...
		The Dido class was a class of sixteen (including the Bellona sub-class) light cruisers built for the Royal Navy.
		The King Edward VII class was a class of battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905 in respo...
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	Dido class cruiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dido class was a class of sixteen (including the Bellona sub-class) light cruisers built for the Royal Navy.
		The enthusiasm felt for them by the Board of Admiralty was borne out by good results in action and the only real problem with the type was shortage of gun-mountings and a need to stiffen them forward to take the weight of the forward turrets.
		The class were intended to be armed with ten 5.25 inch (133 mm) guns in five twin turrets, but a shortage of the guns, due to difficulties in manufacturing them, led to the first group being armed with eight 5.25 inch guns in four twin turrets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dido_class_cruiser (1255 words)

	HMS Dido (37) Information
		In July 1941, the cruiser entered the Simonstown dockyard in South Africa for repairs, and was docked in the Selborne dry dock.
		By December 1941, the cruiser was back in the Mediterranean, where she was involved in escorting convoys from Alexandria to Malta.
		In April 1943, Dido was based at Algiers but she left later for the UK for a much needed refit.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Dido_(37) (1062 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Cruisers were large enough to fend off attacks from smaller surface ships and self-sufficient enough to roam far from their home bases.
		Auxiliary cruisers were used to fill gaps in their long-range lines or provide escort for other cargo ships, although they generally proved to be useless in this role because of their low speed, feeble firepower and lack of armor.
		In the years since the launch of the Ticonderoga the class has received a number of upgrades that have dramatically improved their capabilities for anti-submarine and land attack (using the Tomahawk missile), and today the name is not mis-applied at all.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Cruiser.html (1545 words)

	Cruiser - ikiW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		A cruiser (From Dutch Kruiser, "something that crosses") is a classification of large warship.
		In modern warfare the cruiser has virtually disappeared, supplanted in all roles by the destroyer, but certain ships are still named cruisers for reasons of military function.
		Cruisers were ships of the line, or even frigates or smaller vessels, which were assigned a role largely independent from the fleet.
	ikiw.net /en/Cruiser (139 words)

	Sirius
		In 1935 the Admiralty settled on two cruiser designs as part of an overall re-armament program, the larger Town Class (HMS Sheffield), competitive with US and Japanese designs; and a significantly smaller ship that could be rapidly built in large numbers.
		Ensign Two has pictures of Dido taken in 1940 and 1947 clearly showing open galleries and a picture of her taken in 1945 with the area closed off with a series of vertical lines or panels at the appropriate location.
		Those of you wishing to model one of the Didos carrying the 4" starshell gun should be aware that it was the standard 4" gun on a Mk 19 mount.
	www.steelnavy.com /Naiad.htm (1600 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		She was a fast cruiser, displacing 10,635 tonnes, and with an intended sea speed of 32.25 knots, reaching a maximum speed of thirty-three knots.
		As with battlecruisers, light cruisers were intended to be fast enough to avoid being hit, negating the need for immensely thick armour like that found on the battleships of the day.
		After these repairs, she was re-attached to the 18th Cruiser Squadron, and on 18 November left Faslane Naval Base, on the Clyde, escorting the troop convoy WS4B as far as Freetown (now Sierra Leone) before returning to Scapa Flow on 12 November.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=HMS_Edinburgh_(C16) (1799 words)

	HMS Dido at AllExperts
		* The fifth Dido was a 2nd class cruiser launched in 1896, used as a depot ship after 1913 and sold 1926.
		The ship took part in the evacuation of troops and defense of Crete, where she was damaged on B gun, resulting in the deaths of 46 men.
		Dido also took part in the Second Battle of Sirte during 1942, sinking three supply ships off North Africa, and in the Anzio landings and the invasion of Southern France in August 1944.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_dido.htm (311 words)

	Wikinfo \| Dido (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		R.C. Ketterer, "The perils of Dido: sorcery and melodrama in Vergil’s Aeneid IV and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas", 1992;
		Also as a ghost, Dido told her sister, Anna Perenna, that Aeneas' wife, Lavinia, was a jealous person.
		Dido is also the stage name of the singer Dido Armstrong.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Dido (1037 words)

	HMS Sirius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sirius of 1797 was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate, and served during the Napoleonic Wars.
		The Sirius of 1892 was an Apollo-class protected cruiser that served in World War I.
		The Sirius of 1940 was a Dido-class light cruiser in World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Sirius (163 words)

	DIDO
		While the hull and propulsion system were largely derivative of the successful Arethusa Class, the main armament of this new Dido Class was the 5.25" high angle/low angle (HA/LA) turret which was also the secondary armament on the new King George V Class battleship.
		While the Didos were originally designed to have five turrets, as configured in the photo below, supply could not keep up with demand and resulted in some of the class being fitted with the 4.5" dual purpose mounting.
		While sixteen Didos were originally planned and laid down, the onset of the war and the ensuing shortage of materials meant only ten of the ships were initially completed.
	artsweb.aut.ac.nz /hmsspartan/dido.html (494 words)

	LemaireSoft's Dido: global (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		This class had to combine the roles of an anti-aircraft cruiser with those of a light cruiser, thanks to their dual purpose main artillery.
		The 5.25" turrets had been developped as the secondary artillery of the King George V battleships, but there were not enough turrets for the cruisers.
		Identification: With two chimney stacks and four or five double anti-aircraft turrets, only the ships reconverted into anti-aircraft cruisers of the class C could pose of problem of identification.
	www.lemaire.happyhost.org /ship/classe1/4810.html (173 words)

	Dido Did You Mean dido?
		In the Divine Comedy Dante sees the shade of Dido in the second circle of Hell, where she is condemned (on account of her consuming lust) to be blasted for eternity in a fierce whirlwind.
		The story of Dido and Aeneas remained popular throughout the post-Renaissance era, and was the basis for the eponymous 1689 opera by Henry Purcell.
		It is sometimes stated in such discussion that Dido caused her thong to be placed as a half circle touching the sea coast at each end (which would add greatly to the perimeter) but the sources mention the thong only and say nothing about the sea.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Dido.html (2485 words)

	HMS Naiad by Steven Backer
		Dido Class was the result of the second requirement.
		Dido, Euryalus, Naiad, Phoebe were in the 1936 program, Bonaventure and Hermione in the 1937 program, Charybdis, Cleopatra and Scylla in the 1938 program and Argonaut in the 1939 program.
		The modified Dido’s had significant differences from the original class in the forward superstructure and had straight stacks rather the raked stacks of the originals.
	www.commanderseries.com /pages/Naiad.html (1955 words)

	LemaireSoft's Class: Dido (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		First version of the anti-aircraft cruiser derived from the Arethusa.
		Altough it was by and large successful, they had troubles with their main artillery: not enough 5.25" turrets were available and two ships of the class had to make do with 4.5".
		The losses were proportionate to that involvement though: the Bonadventure was sunk in March of 1941, the Naiad in January of 1942 and the Hermione in June of 1942, all three by submarines.
	www.lemaire.happyhost.org /ship/classe1/5968.html (255 words)

	WEM Dido
		In concept they were similar to the US Navy's Atlanta class cruisers, and they suffered from some of the same shortcomings.
		I am partial to these very attractive Royal Navy cruisers, especially the unmodified early versions of which this is one, so I looked forward to this kit with anticipation.
		Dido class cruisers wore some of the wildest camo patterns in the Royal Navy (see the 4-colour HMS Argonaut above), so those of you partial to challenging paint schemes can go to town with this model.
	www.steelnavy.com /WEMDido.htm (417 words)

	dido42 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The class was derived from the Arethusas, and was intended to boost the number of cruisers as quickly as possible.
		The ships were designed to mount 10 x 5.25" dual purpose guns in twin turrets, as used as secondary armament on the King George V class of battleships, but due to supply shortages, a number of the ships did not receive their full number of these guns before commissioning.
		Dido’s battle honours were as follows: Crete 1941, Sirte 1942, Mediterranean 1942-44, Malta Convoys 1942, Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943, Aegean 1943, Anzio 1944, South France 1944, Arctic 1944.
	www.whiteensignmodels.com /brochure/1_700_dido1.htm (528 words)

	Navy News - Letters to the Editor
		In the RFA supplement in the September issue there is a photo taken in 1945 of HMS Scylla refuelling from a tanker by the abeam method, and the inference is that this was an innovation in the RN and was copied from the Americans.
		HMS London was the lead ship of the London group of County class cruisers, completed in 1929.
		HMS Hereward was a destroyer of the “G”, “H” and “I” classes, launched in 1936.
	www.navynews.co.uk /letters/2005/0511/051118_01.asp (178 words)

	dido42 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The class was derived from the Arethusas, and was intended to boost the number of cruisers as quickly as possible.
		The ships were designed to mount 10 x 5.25" dual purpose guns in twin turrets, as used as secondary armament on the King George V class of battleships, but due to supply shortages, a number of the ships did not receive their full number of these guns before commissioning.
		Dido entered service with only four of the turrets fitted, mounting a 4" starshell gun in place of Q turret.
	whiteensignmodels.com /brochure/1_700_dido1.htm (528 words)

	Cruiser
		Following interest from a number of the Dido class cruiser ship's company, or their relatives, I am intending to put up some pages about her.
		HMS Sirius, a Dido Class Light Cruiser, was built at Portsmouth Dockyard and was launched 18 September 1940.
		Built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1892, she was an Apollo class protected cruiser, approx 3500 tons.
	www.hmssirius.info /cruiser_1.htm (530 words)

	Dido Class
		HMS Dido, HMS Euryalus, HMS Naiad, HMS Phoebe, HMS Sirius, HMS Bonaventure, HMS Hermione, HMS Charybdis, HMS Cleopatra, HMS Scylla, HMS Argonaut, including crew and families of ex-crew members notice board for the Dido Class cruisers.
		The Dido class cruiser HMS Naiad is pictured together with the cruiser HMS Leander during the encounter with the French Guepard in 1941 whilst they were both engaged in operations against the Vichy-French forces in Syria.
		Dido Class cruiser, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of Dido Class cruisers.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /dido_class.htm (1056 words)

	Cruisers
		In the early 1960s the three Tiger Class vessels were finally completed., but despite an impressive gun armament, they lacked modern guided missiles.
		Above: The last surviving Second World War Royal Navy Cruiser, HMS Belfast, enters Portsmouth Dockyard in the Summer of 1999 for dry-docking, during which her hull was inspected and repainted.
		The attempted rescue of H.M.S Amethyst by cruiser London in photographs.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/Cruisers/index.htm (130 words)

	British Military Powerboat Trust, Coastal Forces, Gunboats, Target Boats, High Speed Launches, Motor Gun Boats, Torpedo ...
		Her destination was the Dido class cruiser HMS Diadem (5,950 tons) having been allocated to the cruiser on the 06.09.44.
		The cruiser had been in action in the Brittany area, and although not confirmed, her boat may have been damaged which consequently called for a replacement to be allocated to the cruiser.
		The cruiser was later transferred to the Pakistan Navy and became PNS Babur, however the FMB 43957 was confirmed at Chatham until 02.07.53.
	www.bmpt.org.uk /boats/43957/index2.htm (524 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Spartan survivors pay their respects
		On a Mediterranean shore, veterans of the last vessel to bear the name HMS Spartan joined present-day successors from the nuclear submarine to pay their respects to men who made the ultimate sacrifice in the bloody Anzio landings of 1944.
		Dido-class cruiser HMS Spartan was anchored in Anzio Bay, south of Rome, on January 29 1944 to provide air defence for the amphibious landings which were designed to open up the Italian front.
		They gathered at a plaque set in the wall at Anzio’s harbour commemorating the loss of the cruiser Spartan – paid for by survivors and the boat’s senior rates’ mess – where a wreath was laid before veterans climbed on to Italian coastguard cutters to pay their respects in the waters over the wreck.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2004/0403/0004030801.asp (526 words)

	[No title]
		The King George V class, consisting of five battleships with ten 14-inch guns, was in keeping with the agreements.
		The Sheffield survived to be the last of her class, scrapped in 1969.
		She was one of three cruisers that chased the Admiral Graf Spee into Montevideo and was engaged by that ship (13 December 1939).
	www.apple2.org.za /gswv/a2zine/Docs/Dreadnoughts.txt (7264 words)

	[No title]
		The King George V class, consisting of five battleships with ten 14-inch guns, was in keeping with the agreements.
		The Sheffield survived to be the last of her class, scrapped in 1969.
		She was one of three cruisers that chased the Admiral Graf Spee into Montevideo and was engaged by that ship (13 December 1939).
	apple2.org.za /gswv/a2zine/Docs/Dreadnoughts.txt (7264 words)

	Naval Actions and losses 1942
		Fiji class cruiser HMS Trinidad torpedoes herself and is then sunk by German planes in the Barents sea.
		Cruiser HMS Nigeria torpedoed and forced to retire by the Italian submarine Axum.
		HMS Ullswater a lake class trawler sunk by E-boats.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW242Res.html (2272 words)

	WEM 1/700 Dido Class Cruiser - HMS Argonaut
		I have long been fascinated by the Dido Class cruisers, so much so that I have scratchbuilt many of them in 1/1200 scale, and had long ago started on my own plans to do a 1/700 one.
		The Dido class had many variations among its 16 ships – some had five twin 5.25" turrets, some had four, two carried four twin 4" mounts.
		If I wished to keep the same basic layout as Dido, my choices came down to HMS Argonaut in a three-colour scheme of blue, light gray and dark grey, HMS Euryalus in a five-colour pattern or HMS Naiad in a three colour pattern of white, green and brown.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2000/december/ships/argonaut.htm (1344 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com (Not Logged in)
		The survivor which immediately comes to mind is the cruiser "HMS Belfast" which took part in the sinking of the "Scharnhorst" and is now preserved and open to the public on the River Thames in London.
		Vengeance and Venerable were Glory class light carriers and served in the Pacific Fleet in 1945.
		And there is still a Flower class corvette in existance as she was.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /Forums/ViewPrint.aspx?ForumID=37&ID=5417 (797 words)

	HMS Naiad (93) Information
		HMS Naiad was a Dido class cruiser of the Royal Navy.
		As part of the 15th Cruiser Squadron she took part in operations against German raiders following the sinking of Jervis Bay on 5 November 1940.
		By May 1941 Naiad was with Force "H" on Malta convoy operations, and Flagship of the 15th Cruiser Squadron.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Naiad_(93) (418 words)

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