Allied Warships

HMS Ceylon (30)

Light cruiser of the Fiji class


HMS Ceylon as completed in 1943.

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassFiji 
Pennant30 
Built byA. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Apr 1939 
Launched30 Jul 1942 
Commissioned13 Jul 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Ceylon was sold to the Peruvian Navy on 9 February 1960.
She was renamed, Colonel Bolognesi.
Colonel Bolognesi was discarded in May 1982.
Scrapped in Taiwan in August 1985.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Guy Beresford Amery-Parkes, RN
28 April 1943 – 1 May 1945

Capt. Kenneth Lanyon Harkness, RN
1 May 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Ceylon (30)

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1Capt. Guy Beresford Amery-Parkes, RN28 Apr 19431 May 1945
2Capt. Kenneth Lanyon Harkness, DSC, RN1 May 1945Oct 1945 ?

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