Dido Class Anti-Aircraft Cruisers

Class Details

Name Pennant Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned
First Group
Naiad   Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn) August 26th 1937 February 3rd 1939 July 24th 1940
Bonaventure   Scotts (Greenock) August 30th 1937 April 19th 1939 May 24th 1940
Phoebe C43 Fairfield (Govan) September 2nd 1937 March 25th 1939 September 30th 1940
Hermione   Alexander Stephen (Govan) October 6th 1937 May 18th 1939 March 25th 1941
Dido C37 Cammell Laird (Birkenhead) October 20th 1937 July 18th 1939 September 30th 1940
Euryalus C42 Chatham Dockyard October 21st 1937 June 6th 1939 June 30th 1941
Sirius C82 Portsmouth Dockyard April 6th 1938 September 18th 1940 May 6th 1942
Charybdis   Cammell Laird (Birkenhead) November 9th 1938 September 17th 1940 December 3rd 1941
Cleopatra C33 Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn) January 5th 1939 March 27th 1940 December 5th 1941
Scylla   Scotts (Greenock) August 19th 1939 July 24th 1940 June 12th 1942
Argonaut C61 Cammell Laird (Birkenhead) November 21st 1939 September 6th 1941 August 8th 1942
Modified Design (Bellona Class)
Royalist C89 Scotts (Greenock) March 21st 1940 May 30th 1942 September 10th 1943
Bellona C63 Fairfield (Govan) November 30th 1939 September 29th 1942 October 29th 1943
Black Prince C81 Harland & Wolff (Belfast) December 2nd 1939 August 27th 1942 November 20th 1943
Diadem C84 Hawthorn Leslie (Hebburn) December 15th 1939 August 26th 1942 January 6th 1944
Spartan   Vickers Armstrong (Barrow) December 21st 1939 August 27th 1942 August 10th 1943

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