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C.48 Gambia
Royal Navy light cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fiji | 1939/07/24 Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 1940/11/30 | 1942/02/21 | 1968/11/15
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| Namesake: Named after the British colony of Gambia,in West Africa | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/05 | joinInd | ||||
| 43/05 | leftInd | ||||
| 44/02 | joinInd - Ceylon | 104 | |||
| 44/04/0? | 44/04/18 | Cockp | BEF/69 | raid Sabang | 81 |
| 44/04/18 | 44/04/2? | Cockp | BEF/70 | raid Sabang | |
| 44/06/19 | BEF | strike Port Blair, Andaman Is. | 81 | ||
| 44/07/22 | 44/07/26 | Crims | BEF/Sommerville | raid -Sabang | |
| 44/10/16 | 44/11/04 | sail from Cylon to Melbourne > Wellington | 104 | ||
| 44/11/07 | 44/11/1? | sail from Wellington to Auckland | 104 | ||
| 44/11/1? | 44/12 | Auckland - refit | 104 | ||
| 45/01 | joinPac | ||||
| 45/02/17 | arrived Sydney, joined BPF | 104 | |||
| 45/03/23 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 57.4/Cruron4 | 86 | |
| 45/07/01 | 45/08/13 | 37 | 86 | ||
| 45/08/13 | 45/08/1? | 38.5 | 86 | ||
| 45/08/18 | 38.5 | send Royal Navy and Royal Marines landing parties to Pavlic | 66 | ||
| 45/09/02 | Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony | 81 | |||