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Original Harland & Wolff Shipyard blueprint of Bellona Subgroup, Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Black Prince, dated January 18th 1944.

excellent repro Brian, VMT for this.
tim

Bellona Subgroup, Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Diadem pictured c1944.

Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Black Prince as completed 1943 schematic.

Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Argonaut schematic, post her 1942 refit.

HMS Ark Royal pictured from Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Hermione, Mediterranean Sea, 1941.

A bare chested ammunition supply party pictured bringing up shells for the 5.25 inch guns, during a lull in the action, on board Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Euryalus, on convoy duty in the eastern Mediterranean in 1942.

Bellona Sub Class,Improved Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Royalist pictured soon after completion off Greenock in September 1943.

Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Sirius pictured berthing at Rotterdam on June 11th 1947.

Dido Class Light AA Cruiser HMS Argonaut pictured prior to her journey to Algiers...On December 14th 1942, Argonaut was heavily damaged when the Italian Submarine RN Lazzaro Mocenigo struck the Cruiser with two torpedoes from a spread of four, causing serious damage. The bow and stern sections of the Cruiser were effectively blown off and the steering wrecked. Though only three crew members were killed, the damage was so severe that German authorities mistakenly believed Argonaut had been sunk. She was patched up and limped to Algiers for more temporary repairs, she then sailed for the United States, where she underwent a seven-month reconstruction at Philadelphia Naval Yard, completed in November 1943.