Arethusa class cruiser

The Arethusa class was a smaller version of the earlier Leander class cruiser(see post).But because of their smaller size they were armed with 6 6inch guns rather than eight mounted on the previous class.
They all saw action in WWII,two of the class of four being sunk and the other two severely damaged.One of the ships was turned over to the Chinese Nationalist navy after the war but was soon captured by Chinese Communists.During her service with Communist China she was renamed three times,twice in a single year,before being scrapped in 1958.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arethusa_class_cruiser_(1934)



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Leander class cruiser

The Leander class cruisers were built by Britain as light cruisers and completed in the mid 1930s.The eight ships of Leander class was divided into two subclasses,one of five ships of the original design and another of three modified leanders.When WWII started they were given to various owners,some stayed with the Royal navy and some went to the Australian and New Zealand navies.Two of the class participated in the battle of the river plate where after a short but fierce battle they forced the pocket battleship Graf Spee to seek shelter in a neutral South American port where they blockaded her and eventually forced her own crew to scuttle her.






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander_class_cruiser_(1931)



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