Allied Warships

HMS Newfoundland (59)

Light cruiser of the Fiji class


HMS Newfoundland in 1945

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassFiji 
Pennant59 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Nov 1939 
Launched19 Dec 1941 
Commissioned21 Jan 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Newfoundland was sold to the Peruvian Navy on 30 December 1959.
She was renamed, Almirante Grau.
Renamed Capitan Quinones on 15 May 1973.
Capitan Quinones was discarded in 1979.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. William Rudolph Slayter, DSC, RN
13 October 1942 – ca. October 1943

Cdr. Guy Robert Pilcher, RN
ca. October 1943 – December 1943

Capt. Richard William Ravenhill, DSC, RN
December 1943 – 1 September 1945 ???
CBE 8 June 1944

Capt. Cecil Charles Acland Allen, RN
??? 1 September 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Hit by U-boat
Damaged on 23 Jul 1943 by U-407 (Brüller).

Commands listed for HMS Newfoundland (59)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. William Rudolph Slayter, DSC, RN13 Oct 1942Oct 1943 ?
2Cdr. Guy Robert Pilcher, RNOct 1943 ?Dec 1943
3Capt. Richard William Ravenhill, DSC, RNDec 1943Sep 1945
4Capt. Cecil Charles Acland Allen, RNSep 1945Oct 1945 ?

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