| 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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Notable events involving Newfoundland include:
4 Feb 1943
HMS Malaya (Capt. J.W.A. Waller, RN) and HMS Newfoundland (Capt. W.R. Slayter, DSC, RN) conducted tactical exercises off Scapa Flow. (1)
24 Feb 1943
HMS P 31 (Lt. L.E. Herrick, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Newfoundland (Capt. W.R. Slayter, DSC, RN). (2)
13 Dec 1944
HMS Trusty (Lt. J.P. Fyfe, DSC, RN) conducts attack exercises with HMS Newfoundland (Capt. R.W. Ravenhill, CBE, DSC, RN). (3)
Sources
- ADM 53/117877
- ADM 173/17897
- ADM 173/19132
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.