Allied Warships
HMS Royalist (89)
Light cruiser of the Bellona class
HMS Royalist after completion in 1943
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Bellona |
| Pennant | 89 |
| Built by | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 21 Mar, 1940 |
| Launched | 30 May, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 Sep, 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transfered to Royal New Zealand Navy on 9 July 1956. Decommissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy on 4 June 1966. Returned to the Royal Navy in 1967. Sold to Nissho Co, Japan, in November 1967 and she left Auckland under tow to Osaka on 31 December 1967. Commanding Officers: Capt. John Graham Hewitt, DSO, RN Capt. Wilfred Geoffrey Brittain, CBE, RN |