Allied Warships
HMS Cairo (D 87)
Light cruiser of the Cairo class
HMS Cairo in May 1939 after conversion to Anti-Aircraft cruiser
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Cairo |
| Pennant | D 87 |
| Built by | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 28 Nov, 1917 |
| Launched | 19 Nov, 1918 |
| Commissioned | 24 Sep, 1919 |
| Lost | 12 Aug, 1942 |
| Loss position | 37.26N, 10.22E (See a map) |
| History | HMS Cairo was converted to Anti-Aircraft cruiser at Chatham dockyard in 1938-1939. This conversion was completed in May 1939.
HMS Cairo (A/Capt. Cecil Campbell Hardy, DSO, RN) was sunk in the Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerte, Tunisia in position 37º26'N, 10º22'E by 1 torpedo from the Italian submarine Axum. Commanding Officers: Capt. Patrick Vivian McLaughlin, RN A/Capt. Ian Reddie Hamilton Black, RN A/Capt. Cecil Campbell Hardy, DSO, RN |
| Noteable events involving Cairo include: 28 May, 1940 |