HMS Mauritius (80)

HMS Mauritius in April 1942

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Light cruiser
Class	Fiji
Pennant	80
Built by	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend
Ordered
Laid down	31 Mar 1938
Launched	19 Jul 1939
Commissioned	1 Jan 1941
End service
Loss position

History	Arrived at Inverkeithing to be scrapped T.W. Ward Ltd. on 27 March 1965. Commanding Officers: Capt. Leicester Charles Assheton Curzon-Howe, MVO, RN 30 August 1940 - 1 February 1941 Capt. William Derek Stephens, RN 1 February 1941 – December 1942 Capt. William Wellclose Davis, DSO, RN December 1942 – 23 October 1944 DSO awarded on 19 May 1944 Capt. Charles Alfred Evelyn Stanfield, RN 23 October 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. Leicester Charles Assheton Curzon-Howe, RN	30 Aug 1940	1 Feb 1941
2	Capt. William Derek Stephens, RN	1 Feb 1941	Dec 1942
3	Capt. William Wellclose Davis, RN	Dec 1942	23 Oct 1944
4	Capt. Charles Alfred Evelyn Stanfield, RN	23 Oct 1944	Oct 1945 ?

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