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H.M.S. Newfoundland

I served on this one during the Suez crisis when she sank the Egyptian frigate Domiat, (ex H.M.S. Nith)
HMS Newfoundland was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. Named after the Dominion of Newfoundland, she fought in the Second World War and was later sold to the Peruvian Navy.
Name: HMS Newfoundland
Namesake: Dominion of Newfoundland
Builder: Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend
Laid down: 9 November 1939
Launched: 19 December 1941
Commissioned: 21 January 1943
Out of service: Sold to Peruvian Navy on 30 December 1959
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Newfoundland_(59)

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