RN Cruisers: Town Class 1936

[Brian James]

Southampton Sub-Class,Town Class Light Cruiser HMS Newcastle pictured at Vancouver,July 30th 1953.

[ivorthediver]

And a fine looking ship to ....thanks Brian

[jbryce1437]

Some photos of others in the Class: Birmingham, Glasgow, Gloucester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Southampton:


Birmingham

Birmingham 1937.jpg

Birmingham 1958.jpg

birmingham 1950s ch.jpg

birmingham-(1944)-stb.bow.jpg

Glasgow

fountain lake,glasgow,liverpool16 inshore minesweepers,m2tt hms wintringham[1].jpg

Glasgow from hobart.jpg

glasgow port said.jpg

glasgow with ramillies behind as vernon iii.jpg

HM145B~1.JPG

Gloucester

gloucester-(1940)-pt.side.jpg

gloucester-cruiser.jpg

hms gloucester undated.jpg

hms gloucester arriving at malta newly completed dated 2231939.jpg

Liverpool

HMS%20LIVERPOOL-1-1937-1958[1].jpg

Liverpool%2002a[1].jpg

liverpool-cruiser ply.jpg

HMS Liverpool3.jpg

Manchester

1553285_HMS-Manchester[1].jpg

hms manchester aug 1938.jpg

Manchester-(1942)-stb.bow.jpg

manchester-(1939)-suez-cana.jpg

Newcastle

1429582_Newcastle[1].jpg

hms newcastle 27.jpg

hms newcastle 134.JPG

hms newcastle entering portsmouth newly out of her 19505 1952 refit dated 51952.jpg

Sheffield

hms sheffield dated 61946.jpg

sheffield at pompey 60s.jpg

crew-photo-at-trinidad-10041947-wnsf.jpg

Sheffiled at belfast june 1951.jpg

Southampton

hms southampton june 1938 as completed cru.jpg

hms southampton gravesend may 17 1937.jpg

hms southampton, seen here during ww2,undated.jpg

southamptonbat2b[1].jpg

[jbryce1437]

Southampton Sub-Class,Town Class Light Cruiser HMS Newcastle pictured at Vancouver,July 30th 1953.

A lovely photo Brian, thanks for posting it

Jim

[timlewin]

Some pics of Liverpool from 1940 in the Eastern Med, she was hit in the focsle which set fire to her petrol storage, Walrus fuel, which ultimately resulted in her entire fore part falling away. She made it back to Alexandria where TTL (then in Valiant) went onboard and was surprised at how little she was damaged other than the missing pointed end, he compared this with the massive extend of damage suffered by Belfast when she was mined. Liverpool made it back to be repaired and fight another day.

[timlewin]

Manchester was lost on the Pedestal Convoy to save Malta, it was a dark and moonless night off the North African coast when they were attacked by Italian MAS boats, small MTBs. She was hit in the engine rooms and deprived of all power. Her captain was obliged to scuttle her and take her company ashore where they were interned, a few hundred were taken off by other destroyers who nosed up alongside in the darkness.

here is an account of Pedestal and the loss of Manchester

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjB0Bm-yJJY

I believe she is now a popular dive site?

[timlewin]

nice to see some of these fine looking ships pre-war at the last gasp of a different era, white painted hull/superstructure and buff funnels; how absolutely fine they must have looked. Showing the flag really had a meaning then, not just an empty expression by vacuous news readers these days.

[jbryce1437]

nice to see some of these fine looking ships pre-war at the last gasp of a different era, white painted hull/superstructure and buff funnels; how absolutely fine they must have looked. Showing the flag really had a meaning then, not just an empty expression by vacuous news readers these days.

Too true Tim.
Belfast and Edinburgh were also part of the Town Class, some early photos of them


Belfast

belfast-(1940's.)-stb.qtr..jpg

Walrus & HMS Belfast Kola Inlet 1944.jpg

belfast-cruiser-1947.jpg

belfast-(1940's.)-stb.qtr..jpg

belfast-(1942)-stb.bow.jpg

hms belfast seen leaving scapa flow for the normandy invasion dated 61944.jpg

hms belfast seen passing tynemouth for far east c71945.jpg

Edinburgh

edinburgh stbd bow.jpg

Edinburgh-(1939)-pt.bow.jpg

edinburgh-(1939)-pt.side.jpg

edinburgh-(1939)-stb.bow.jpg

edinburgh-(1939)-stb.qtr..jpg

edinburgh-(1940)-kipling-al.jpg

edinburgh-(1940)-kipling-as.jpg

edinburgh-sheffield-kenya-c.jpg

hms edinburgh at swans.jpg

hms edinburgh,during ww2,dated 111939.jpg

hms edinburgh,undated.jpg

[ivorthediver]

Thanks for all those stirring shots lads , as you say ...when we had aa navy to be proud off and were only to ready to voice our pride in it

[timlewin]

nice one of a different Edinburgh, I went onboard to meet her Captain and presented him with a copy of "Last Call for HMS Edinburgh" Frank Pearce's superb book about her loss which I highly recommend to all of our members.
plus a few more of Edinburgh and Belfast but I have posted a lot more of Belfast on her thread.
tim