Allied Warships

HMS Sirius (82)

Light cruiser of the Dido class


HMS Sirius in 1942 or 1943

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassDido 
Pennant82 
Built byPortsmouth D.Y. (Portsmouth, U.K.): Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
Ordered15 Dec 1937 
Laid down6 Apr 1938 
Launched18 Sep 1940 
Commissioned6 May 1942 
End service 1949 
History

HMS Sirius completion was delayed by German bombing.

Arrived at Blyth on 15 October 1956 to be scrapped by Hughes Bolkow.

 

Commands listed for HMS Sirius (82)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. Patrick William Beresford Brooking, RN27 Feb 1942late 1943
2Capt. Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards, RNlate 194321 Aug 1945
3Capt. Philip Sydney Smith, RN21 Aug 1945Jun 1946

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Noteable events involving Sirius include:


7 Oct 1943
The British light cruisers HMS Penelope (Capt. G.D. Belben, DSC, RN) and HMS Sirius (Capt. P.B.W. Brooking, DSO, RN) and the British destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, DSO, RN) and HMS Fury (Lt.Cdr. T.F. Taylor, RN), north of Astipalea (Stampalia) in the Dodecanese, attacked a German convoy consisting of the auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2111 (667 tons, former Italian Tramaglio), cargo Olympus (5216 GRT) and 7 MFPs, sinking all but one MFP.
On the return leg of the mission, the British were repeatedly attacked by German planes while transiting Karpathos Strait (Scarpanto).

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