The Cairo class light cruiser HMS Cairo of the Royal Navy. She was lost on 12 Aug, 1942.

Navies involved in WWII

		USS	US Navy (5953)
		HMS	Royal Navy (3714)
		USSR	Soviet Navy (408)
		HMCS	Royal Canadian Navy (344)
		FR	French Navy (241)
			Italian Navy (118)
		HNMS	Royal Dutch Navy (107)
		HMAS	Royal Australian Navy (107)
		USCGC	United States Coast Guard (96)
		RHS	Royal Hellenic Navy (67)
			Brazilian Navy (54)
		HMIS	Royal Indian Navy (50)
		HNoMS	Royal Norwegian Navy (40)
		ORP	Polish Navy (30)
		FFL	Free French Navy (28)
		HMNZS	Royal New Zealand Navy (6)
		HMSAS	South African Navy (6)

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All Allied warships in WWII, in all theatres (11.369 vessels listed).

Warships by type

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   Destroyers (1291)
   Tank landing ships (1152)
   Submarines (1131)
   Motor torpedo boats (785)
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Featured event entry

14 Dec, 1942
Submarine HMS Taku:
- HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Delfin (5322 GRT) in the Aegean Sea about 5 nautical miles north of Macrosini island, Greece in position 37º52'N, 24º06'E.

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Allied warships lost in the war.
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