HMS Fiji (58)
| Name | HMS Fiji (58) | ||
| Type: | Light cruiser (Fiji) | ||
| Tonnage | 8.000 tons | ||
| Completed | 1940 - John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 1 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-32 (Hans Jenisch) | ||
| Position | 58.10N, 12.55W - Grid AM 1684 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | Menace | ||
| Route | Scapa Flow (31 Aug) - Dakar | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | On 22 May, 1941, HMS Fiji (58) (Capt P.B.R.W. William-Powlett, RN) was bombed and sunk by German aircraft during the Battle of Crete. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.00 hours on 1 Sep, 1940, U-32 attacked the Dakar Task Force (Operation Menace) about 40 miles north-northeast of Rockall and reported torpedoing the armed merchant cruiser HMS Scythia, but in fact HMS Fiji (58) (Capt W.G. Benn, RN) was damaged and returned to the Clyde. The cruiser was repaired at Greenock for six months. | ||
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