Light cruisers
Royal Navy
The light cruiser HMS Curacoa of the Ceres class. She was lost on 2 Oct 1942.
All Light cruiser classes (in service with the Royal Navy).
| Class | Commissioned | |
|---|---|---|
| Caledon (3) | 1917 - 1917 | |
| Ceres (5) | 1917 - 1918 | |
| Cairo (5) | 1918 - 1922 | |
| D (8) | 1918 - 1922 | |
| Cavendish (1) | 1925 - 1925 | |
| E (2) | 1926 - 1926 | |
| Leander (4) | 1934 - 1944 | |
| Arethusa (4) | 1935 - 1937 | |
| Southampton (5) | 1937 - 1937 | |
| Gloucester (3) | 1938 - 1939 | |
| Belfast (2) | 1939 - 1939 | |
| Dido (11) | 1940 - 1942 | |
| Fiji (11) | 1940 - 1943 | |
| Bellona (5) | 1943 - 1944 | |
| Minotaur (8) | 1944 - 1961 |
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Light cruisers
36 Light cruisers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.