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HMS Black Prince (81)

Light cruiser of the Bellona class


HMS Black Prince in November 1943 at Scapa Flow

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassBellona 
Pennant81 
Built byHarland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Dec, 1939 
Launched27 Aug, 1942 
Commissioned30 Nov, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryLoaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 July 1946.
Returned to Royal Navy on 1 April 1961.
Sold for scrapping in March 1962, she left Auckland on 5 April 1962 in tow for breaking up at Mitsui & Co, Osaka, Japan, arriving there in May.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Dennis Marescaux Lees, DSO, RN
21 August 1943 – 29 April 1945

Capt. Gerald Vaughan Gladstone, RN
29 April 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

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