HMS Uganda
Fiji-class cruiser light cruiser
Service
- as Uganda3 January 1943 — 21 October 1944657 days of the war
- as Uganda21 October 1944 — 15 June 1956316 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Uganda
- Pennant / hull number
- C66
- Namesake
- Protectorate of Uganda
- Builder
- Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Ordered
- 1939
- Laid down
- 20 July 1939
- Launched
- 7 August 1941
- Commissioned
- 3 January 1943
- Decommissioned
- 15 June 1956
- Recommissioned
- 14 January 1952
- Fate
- Arrived at Osaka, Japan, on 6 February 1961 for scrapping (1961)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 8,712 long tons (8,852 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 11,024 long tons (11,201 t)
- Length
- 169.3 m (555.4 ft)
- Beam
- 18.9 m (62 ft)
- Draught
- 5.3 m (17.4 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Range
- 10,200 nmi (18,890 km)
- Complement
- 730
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
HMS Uganda was a Fiji-class cruiser light cruiser, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number C66. The ship was named after Protectorate of Uganda. Her keel was laid at Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne on 20 July 1939. Launched on 7 August 1941, she entered service on 3 January 1943.
Displacement was 8,712 long tons standard and 11,024 long tons at full load. She measured 169.3 m (555 ft) long with a beam of 18.9 m (62 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 730. Her main battery was of 152 mm (6.0 in) calibre.
She served with the Royal Navy as Uganda until 21 October 1944. She then passed to the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as Uganda from 21 October 1944. She was in commission for 973 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 June 1956. She recommissioned on 14 January 1952.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 x oil fired three-drum Admiralty-type boilers
- four-shaft geared turbines
- four screws
- 72500 shp
- Armament
- 3 × triple BL 6 in Mk XXIII guns
- 4 × twin QF Mk XVI 4 in guns
- 4 × quadruple Mk VII 2-pounder (40 mm) guns
- 10 × twin Mk II 20 mm/70 cal guns
- 2 × triple 21 inch torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt 82.5 - 88.9 mm
- Turrets 25.4 - 50.8 mm
- Aircraft
- Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft, removed November 1943.
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Uganda on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 17797 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons