HMS Ceylon was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was of the Ceylon sub class, named after the island and British colony of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The cruiser saw service in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres during the Second World War .

HMS Ceylon (30) was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser launched in 1942. She was sold to Peru in 1960 and renamed Coronel Bolognesi until being decommissioned in 1982 and broken up in 1985. Ceylon was a tug hired as an armed boarding steamer between 1914 and 1919. Ceylon was a private yacht requisitioned in 1915 and returned to her owners in 1916.

HMS CEYLON SUMMARY OF SERVICE Battle Honours Awarded SABANG 1944—– BURMA 1945—– KOREA 1950/52. The cruiser, CEYLON, built by Stephen and Sons, Ltd., Govan, was laid down on April 27th, 1939 as job number 1469. She was launched July 30th 1942 by Lady Dorothy Macmillan.

CEYLON-Class cruiser ordered from Alexander Stephen, Govan, Glasgow under the 1938 Build Programme and laid down on 27th April 1939. The ship was launched on 30th July 1942 as the 3rd RN warship to carry the name, introduced in 1808 and used for an Ex East Indiaman taken up for naval service.

2022年8月3日 · Introduction: HMS Ceylon was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was of the Ceylon sub class, named after the island and British colony of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The cruiser saw service in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres during the Second World War.

2017年10月8日 · HMS Ceylon (Capt. G.B. Amery-Parkes, RN) departed the Clyde for Scapa Flow.

2017年11月21日 · HMS Ceylon, a Fiji class light cruiser, was built by Stephens at Govan and completed in 1943. She served in the Pacific until 1945 and in the fifties was engaged in the Korean War, carrying out a number of bombardments. She paid off in 1959 and was sold to the Peruvian Navy, becoming their Coronel Bolognesi, serving until 1980.

2013年12月28日 · HMS Ceylon, a Fiji class cruiser, was built by Stephens at Govan and completed in 1943. She served in the Pacific until 1945 and in the fifties was engaged in the Korean War, carrying out a number of bombardments. She paid off in 1959 and was sold to the Peruvian Navy, becoming their Coronel Bolognesi, and serving until 1980.

Welcome to the H.M.S. Ceylon Association web site where you will find information about the ship, the members and our Association. It is with a great deal of sadness that I write my final message for the H.M.S. Ceylon website. Whilst, our website will stay online for the foreseeable future, our wonderful association has been now been dissolved.

2012年3月19日 · HMS Ceylon was in Australian waters in early 1954 for the Queen's visit, she visited Hobart in February 1954 along with HMCS Ontario, HMNZS Black Prince, HMAS Australia, HMAS Vengeance, HMAS Anzac, HMAS Condamine, HMAS Shoalhaven and HMAS Quadrant.