| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Fiji |
| Pennant | 59 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | 4 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 9 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 19 Dec 1941 |
| Commissioned | 21 Jan 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | HMS Newfoundland was sold to the Peruvian Navy on 30 December 1959. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Newfoundland |
Commands listed for HMS Newfoundland (59)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. William Rudolph Slayter, DSC, RN | 13 Oct 1942 | 28 Sep 1943 |
| 2 | Cdr. Guy Robert Pilcher, RN | 28 Sep 1943 | Dec 1943 |
| 3 | Capt. Richard William Ravenhill, DSC, RN | Dec 1943 | 1 Sep 1945 |
| 4 | Capt. Cecil Charles Acland Allen, RN | 1 Sep 1945 | 6 Jan 1947 |
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