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HMS Trinidad (C46)

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Trinidad in 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Trinidad
Namesake: Trinidad
Builder: HM Dockyard Devonport
Laid down: 21 April 1938
Launched: 21 March 1941
Commissioned: 14 October 1941
Fate: Damaged in air attack and scuttled 15 May 1942
General characteristics
Class and type: Crown Colony-class light cruiser
Displacement: 8,000 tons
Length: 169.3 m (555 ft)
Beam: 18.9 m (62 ft)
Draught: 5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion:

Four oil fired 3-drum Admiralty-type boilers,

4-shaft geared turbines, 4 screws, 54.1 megawatts (72,500 shp)
Speed: 33 kn (61 km/h)
Complement: 907
Armament:
  • Twelve 6 inch guns (4 × 3),
  • eight 4 inch guns (4 × 2),
  • eight 40 mm Bofors AA (4 × 2) guns,
  • 3 quadruple 2 pounder ("pom-pom") AA mounts, 12 20 mm AA (6 × 2) guns.
  • Six 21 inch (2 × 3) torpedo tubes
Armour:
  • Main belt: 83 mm,
  • deck: 51 mm,
  • turrets: 51 mm,
  • Director control tower: 102 mm.
Aircraft carried: Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft

Four oil fired 3-drum Admiralty-type boilers,

HMS Trinidad was a Royal Navy Crown Colony-class cruiser (also known as the Fiji class). She was lost while serving in the Arctic on convoy duty after being damaged escorting PQ-13 in 1942.

Trinidad was built by HM Dockyard Devonport. She was laid down on 21 April 1938, launched 21 March 1941 and commissioned on 14 October 1941. The ship served with the British Home Fleet during her brief career.

While escorting Convoy PQ-13 in March 1942, she and other escorts were in combat with German Narvik-class destroyers. She hit and sank the German destroyer Z26 and then launched a torpedo attack. One of her torpedoes had a faulty gyro mechanism possibly affected by the icy waters. The path of the torpedo formed a circular arc, striking Trinidad and killing 32 men. One of the survivors was composer George Lloyd, a Royal Marines bandsman who had earlier written the ship's official march. This was performed at the Last Night of the Proms on 7 September 2013, in the presence of the last surviving crewman from Trinidad.

Trinidad was towed clear of the action, and was then able to proceed under her own power towards Murmansk. The German submarine U-378 attempted to engage and sink the damaged cruiser, but was spotted and attacked by the destroyer Fury. On arrival in Murmansk she underwent partial repairs.


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