The Colony Class comprised 11 light cruisers, all named after Crown Colonies, the first 8 were referred to as Fiji Class and the remaining 3 referred to as Ceylon Class as follows:
Fiji, Nigeria, Gambia, Mauritius, Kenya, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Bermuda.
Ceylon, Uganda and Newfoundland
Fiji and Trinidad were war losses.
Some photos of the Class:
Fiji
fiji alexandria.jpg
fiji-(1939)-stb.side.jpg
hms fiji aug 1940 cru.jpg
hms fiji 1941.jpg
Nigeria
hms nigeria at malta 61946.jpg
hms nigeria during ww2 no date.jpg
hms nigeria,at malta 61946,-passing hms moon.jpg
hms Nigeria1.jpg
Gambia
Gambia Gib.jpg
gambia at malta.jpg
gambia-(1935)-pt.side.jpg
5481paying_off2a[1].jpg
Mauritius
hms mauritius 44.jpg
hms mauritius dec 1942.jpg
hms mauritius at malta seen fresh out of refit and modernisationdated 51946.jpg
mauritius-1954.jpg
Kenya
hms kenya [1].jpg
hms kenya 2.jpg
hms Kenya 1957.jpg
hms kenya ros may 58.jpg
Trinidad
hms trinidad.jpg
Trinidad (1943) pt.qtr..jpg
trinidad-(1941)-stb.bow ply.jpg
trinidad-(1941)-stb.qtr. ply.jpg
Jamaica
hms jamaica arriving portsmouth in reserve fleet livery.jpg
hms jamaica.jpg
HMS%20Jamaica%20pic%2010[1].jpg
kingsto n hms jamaica 1939[1].jpg
Bermuda
bermuda[12].jpg
bermuda Port Said on 15 May 1953.jpg
bermuda3.jpg
bermuda1.jpg
HMSBermuda simonstown 1951.jpg
bermuda 1941[1].jpg
Ceylon
ceylon at malta.jpg
ceylon decommissions 1959[1].jpg
ceylon1.jpg
hms ceylon,during ww2.jpg
Uganda
HMS Uganda (1944) pt.bow.jpg
hms uganda during ww2 no date.jpg
uganda[1].jpg
Uganda%20as%20Canadian%20Quebec[1].jpg
Newfoundland
hms newfoundland during ww2 undated.jpg
newfoundland singapore.jpg
newfoundland with comus alongside.jpg
newfoundland-(1948)-vallett ply.jpg