Allied Warships
HMS Cleopatra (33)
Light cruiser of the Dido class
HMS Cleopatra on completion in 1941
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Dido |
| Pennant | 33 |
| Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 18 Aug 1938 |
| Laid down | 5 Jan 1939 |
| Launched | 27 Mar 1940 |
| Commissioned | 5 Dec 1941 |
| End service | 15 Feb 1953 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 15 February 1953. |
Commands listed for HMS Cleopatra (33)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Matthew Sausse Slattery, RN | 10 Jun 1941 | 17 Mar 1942 |
| 2 | Capt. Guy Grantham, DSO, RN | 17 Mar 1942 | Aug 1942 |
| 3 | Capt. John Felgate Stevens, RN | Aug 1942 | 28 Jul 1943 |
| 4 | Cdr. Maurice James Ross, DSC, RN | 28 Jul 1943 | Jan 1944 |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Geoffrey Lyttelton Lowis, RN | Jan 1944 | May 1944 |
| 6 | Cdr. Robert Mylcraine Freer, RN | May 1944 | 1 Sep 1944 |
| 7 | Capt. Ballin Illingworth Robertshaw, RN | 1 Sep 1944 | 8 May 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Cleopatra include:
16 Jul 1943
HMS Cleopatra (Capt. G. Grantham, DSO, RN) was torpedoed and heavily damaged off Sicily in position 37º06'N, 16º04'E by the Italian submarine Dandolo (offsite link). She was patched up at Malta and left for the United States for permanent repairs in October 1943. There repairs were completed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in November 1944. (see map)
1953
Featured as HMS Amesbury in the 1953 film Sailor of the King.