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HMS Uganda (66)

Light cruiser of the Fiji class


HMS Uganda during the war

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassFiji 
Pennant66 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Parsons 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Jul, 1939 
Launched7 Aug, 1941 
Commissioned3 Jan, 1943 
End service21 Oct, 1944 
Loss position
 
HistoryHMS Uganda was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on 21 October 1944.
Renamed Quebec on 14 January 1952.
Decommissioned on 15 June 1956.
Sold and arrived at Osaka, Japan on 6 February 1961 to be broken up for scrap.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. William Gerrard Andrewes, RN
19 September 1942 – ???

Cdr. Duncan Lachlan Johnston, RN
??? - ???

Capt. Edmond Rollo Mainguy, OBE, RCN
15 August 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy list 

Career notesTo the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Uganda

Noteable events involving Uganda include:

13 Sep, 1943
During the landings at Salerno HMS Uganda (Capt. W.G. Andrewes, RN) is hit by a German radio controlled glider bomb. The bomb hit the ship on the starboard side aft and went through seven decks and the ship's bottom before it exploded. The ship went Charleston, South Carolina, USA for repairs and was subsequently transferred to the RCN.




The Cruiser Uganda
Stephen Conrad Geneja

Books dealing with this subject include:

The Cruiser Uganda, Stephen Conrad Geneja, 2000


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