Allied Warships

HMCS Uganda (66)

Light Cruiser of the Fiji class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeLight Cruiser
ClassFiji 
Pennant66 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Parsons 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Jul 1939 
Launched7 Aug 1941 
Commissioned21 Oct 1944 
End service15 Jun 1956 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Uganda was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 21 October 1944.
Renamed Quebec on 14 January 1952.
Decommissioned on 15 June 1956.
Sold and arrived at Osaka, Japan on 6 February 1961 to be broken up for scrap.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. William Gerrard Andrewes, RN
19 September 1942 – ???

Cdr. Duncan Lachlan Johnston, RN
??? - ???

Capt. Edmond Rollo Mainguy, OBE, RCN
15 August 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy list

 
Former nameHMS Uganda

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The Cruiser Uganda

Stephen Conrad Geneja

Books dealing with this subject include:

The Cruiser Uganda, Stephen Conrad Geneja, 2000


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