Technical information
| Type | Armed Merchant Cruiser |
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| Notes on class | These were a series of merchant vessels, ranging in size from 6000 tons to about 22,000 tons, taken over by the British Admiralty when the war broke out.
Armament was very different but often they had 6 x 6inch guns as primary armament and 3inch guns as secondary. Many served as troopships from 1941 onwards. |
Royal Australian Navy ships of the class
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| HMAS Manoora (F 48) | ||
| HMAS Westralia (F 95) | ||
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class ships hit by U-boats (14) | |||
| 16 Jun 1940 | HMS Andania | Sunk | UA |
| 21 Oct 1941 | HMS Aurania | Damaged | U-123 |
| 6 Jun 1940 | HMS Carinthia | Sunk | U-46 |
| 18 Aug 1942 | HMS Cheshire | Damaged | U-214 |
| 27 Aug 1940 | HMS Dunvegan Castle | Sunk | U-46 |
| 2 Dec 1940 | HMS Forfar | Sunk | U-99 |
| 12 Sep 1942 | HMS Laconia | Sunk | U-156 |
| 3 Nov 1940 | HMS Laurentic | Sunk | U-99 |
| 4 Nov 1940 | HMS Patroclus | Sunk | U-99 |
| 13 Apr 1941 | HMS Rajputana | Sunk | U-108 |
| 13 May 1941 | HMS Salopian | Sunk | U-98 |
| 13 Jun 1940 | HMS Scotstoun | Sunk | U-25 |
| 10 Aug 1940 | HMS Transylvania | Sunk | U-56 |
| 3 Apr 1941 | HMS Worcestershire | Damaged | U-74 |
 Convoy Will Scatter Bernard Edwards |
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