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HMS Gambia (48)

Light cruiser of the Fiji class


HMS Gambia in 1943

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassFiji 
Pennant48 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend 
Ordered 
Laid down24 Jul, 1939 
Launched30 Nov, 1940 
Commissioned21 Feb, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 22 September 1943.
Returned to the Royal Navy on 27 March 1946.
Decommissioned in December 1960.
Scrapped by Ward, Inverkeithing arriving on 5 December 1968.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Maurice James Mansergh, CBE, RN
25 November 1941 – 22 September 1943

Capt. Newton James Wallop William-Powlett, DSC, RN
22 September 1943 – 15 March 1945

Capt. Ralph Alan Bevan Edwards, CBE, RN
15 March 1945 – August 1945

A/Capt. Christopher Michael Jacob, DSC, RN
August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Career notesTo the Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Gambia

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