RN Cruisers: Town Class 1936

[Brian James]

Town Class, Southampton Subclass, Light Cruiser HMS Birmingham pictured with Cunard Line liner RMS Coronia at Malta in 1956 and later in her career.

[jbryce1437]

Just came across these photos of HMS Liverpool and ML 226 sent by Phill Morrice, which were his fathers collection:
(The file name describe what is in the photo)

1 hms Liverpool maiden voyage postcard, my father was onboard when war broke out.jpg

2 my father with the beard.jpg

3 mascot.jpg

4 my father in middle.jpg

5 postcard in chester my father 2nd from right.jpg

6 my father in middle.jpg

7 HMS Pembroke postcard.jpg

8 ml226.jpg

9 the crew.jpg

10 father leading seaman.jpg

11 father centre back.jpg

12 my father left with beard.jpg

13 ml226 again.jpg

14 father at the back far left.jpg

15 father in front with beard.jpg

16 father with beard probably first pineapple.jpg

17 father on right.jpg

18 is this an mtb mgb or ml.jpg

19 father relaxing.jpg

[Brian James]

Town Class Light Cruiser HMS Belfast....Korea 1952.

[Brian James]

Prior to a gunnery calibration shoot aboard Southampton Sub-Class, Town Class Light Cruiser HMS Newcastle...a gunner pictured, drops a weight down the MK XXIII 6 inch barrel before sponging out...Off Trincomalee on April 3rd 1944.

[Pelican]

HMS London (69) photographed from HMS Victorious while covering an Arctic Convoy - May 1942

This picture is for Page Follower Dave Lloyd, whose Grandfather served on HMS London during this time
IWM - Parnall, C H (Lt) Photographer.

[Pelican]

A recent photo of HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy.
She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.

[Pelican]

Wintry Weather Experienced by the Cruiser HMS Belfast during Her Patrols in Northern Waters.

Christmas card scene on board the BELFAST.
Though the guns looked so picturesque in their white coverings "their bark and their bite" were still ready for any enemy craft.

[Brian James]

Original Devonport Dockyard as fitted blueprint for Gloucester Sub-Class, Town Class Light Cruiser HMS Gloucester dated January 27th 1939.....She was sunk off Crete by German aircraft on May 22nd 1941....The Germans picked up the survivors and brought them to Kythira. Of the 807 men aboard at the time of her sinking, only 85 survived to reach shore; two more subsequently died after being taken into captivity, one in 1941 and another in 1945.

[Brian James]

RN Light Cruiser Schematics for Gambia, Mauritius, Ceylon, Manchester, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Gloucester.