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HMS Naiad (93)

Light cruiser of the Dido class


HMS Naiad in October 1940

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassDido 
Pennant93 
Built byHawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Aug, 1937 
Launched3 Feb, 1939 
Commissioned24 Jul, 1940 
Lost11 Mar, 1942 
Loss position32.01N, 26.20E (See a map)
 
HistoryHMS Naiad (Capt. Guy Grantham, DSO, RN) was sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, north of Sidi Barrrani, Egypt in position 32º01'N, 26º20'E by one torpedo from the German submarine U-565. 82 members of her crew went down with the ship, there were 582 survivors.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Marcel Harcourt Attwood Kelsey, DSC, RN
25 April 1940 – ca. February 1942

Capt. Guy Grantham, DSO, RN
ca. February 1942 - 11 March 1942 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 11 Mar, 1942 by U-565 (Jebsen).

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