HMS Ceylon (30)

History
Ceylon at anchor in August 1943
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Ceylon
Builder:	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan
Laid down:	27 April 1939
Launched:	30 July 1942
Commissioned:	13 July 1943
Out of service:	Transferred to Peruvian Navy on 9 February 1960
Identification:	Pennant number: 30
Peru
Name:	BAP Coronel Bolognesi
Acquired:	9 February 1960
Decommissioned:	May 1982
Fate:	Scrapped in Taiwan, August 1985
General characteristics
Class and type:	Crown Colony-class light cruiser
Displacement:	8,712 tonnes standard 11,024 tons full load
Length:	169.3 m (555 ft)
Beam:	18.9 m (62 ft)
Draught:	5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:	Four oil fired three-drum Admiralty-type boilers four-shaft geared turbines four screws 54.1 megawatts (72,500 shp)
Speed:	33 knots (61 km/h)
Range:	10,200 nmi (18,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement:	730 (wartime) 650 (peacetime)
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 281 air search Type 272 surface search Type 277 height finding Type 274 fire control (152 mm) Type 283 fire control (102 mm) Type 282 fire control (2 pdr)
Armament:	3 triple BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns (152/50 mm) 4 twin Mk XIX 102/45 mm guns 4 quadruple Mk VII 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom guns 10 twin Mk II 20/70 mm guns 2 triple 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armour:	82.5–88.9 mm (3.25–3.50 in) belt 25.4–50.8 mm (1.00–2.00 in) turrets
Aircraft carried:	Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Later removed)

HMS Ceylon was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was of the Ceylon sub class, named after the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The cruiser saw service in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres during the Second World War. In the postwar era, she participated in actions in Egypt and the Korean War. In 1960 she transferred to the navy of Peru and renamed Coronel Bolognesi. The cruiser was scrapped in 1985.

Built by Stephens at Govan and launched on 30 July 1942, she was completed on 13 July 1943. After two months in the Home Fleet she was transferred to the 4th Cruiser Squadron, with the Eastern Fleet and took part in many carrier raids, bombardments and patrols against Japanese-held territory, including Operations Cockpit, Meridian and Diplomat. In November 1944 she joined the British Pacific Fleet and sailed from Trincomalee on 16 January, taking part in a raid on Pankalan Bradan en route. By May 1945, however, she was back in the Indian Ocean, shelling the Nicobar Islands, and remained in that theatre until the end of the war. In October 1945 she returned to England for refit and lay-up.

Postwar, she served in the Portsmouth Command during 1946/50, followed by the 5th and 4th Cruiser Squadrons on the Far East and East Indies stations. She was actively engaged in the Korean War, carrying out a number of bombardments. She was paid off at Portsmouth in October 1954 for re-construction.

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