Allied Warships
HMS Trinidad (46)
Light cruiser of the Fiji class
Nice close up view of HMS Trinidad refueling a destroyer in the Arctic in late 1941
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Fiji |
| Pennant | 46 |
| Built by | Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 21 Apr, 1938 |
| Launched | 21 Mar, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 14 Oct, 1941 |
| Lost | 15 May, 1942 |
| Loss position | 73.37N, 23.27E (See a map) |
| History | HMS Trinidad (Capt. Leslie Swain Saunders, RN) was hit by one of her own torpedoes on 29 March 1942, while in battle with the German destroyers Z 24, Z 25 and Z 26, sinking the latter.
She received temporary repairs in Murmansk, Russia and sailed for home on 13 May 1942.
She was scuttled in the Arctic Ocean north of North Cape in position 73º37'N, 23º27'E after being hit by German Ju-88 bombers on 15 May 1942.
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