The seventh HMS Arethusa of the Royal Navy was the name ship of her class of light cruisers. Built at Chatham Dockyard, she had an fairly eventful life. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The lead ship is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. ... The Arethusa class was a class of four light cruisers built in the early 1930s for the Royal Navy. ... A light cruiser is a warship that is not so large and powerful as a regular (or heavy) cruiser, but still larger than ships like destroyers. ... Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway in Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, and thus requiring added defences. ...

Laid down on 25 January 1933, launched on 6 March 1934. Commissioned on 21 May 1935 by Captain Philip Vian she immediately became Flagship of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron, part of the Mediterranean Fleet. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Admiral of the Fleet Sir Philip Vian GCB KBE DSO was a British naval officer best known for the incident early in 1940 when a force under his command released captured British merchant sailors from the German supply ship Altmark in Norway. ... A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. ... Starting around the time that steam cruisers became popular in the 1870s, the Royal Navy tended to organise such ships into groups called Cruiser Squadrons. ... Malta, a part of the British Empire since 1814, was used as a shipping waystation and headquarters for the British Mediterranean Fleet until the mid-1930s. ...

Transferred to 2nd Cruiser Squadron (part of the Home Fleet) in February 1940. A short refit was given at Chatham during August and September 1940 before returning to the Home Fleet. She was involved in a collision in October 1940 and was repaired on the Tyne, before returning to the Thames to augment the anti-aircraft barrage for London for an unknown period. The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... The Tyne in Newcastle The River Tyne is a river in England. ... Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... St. ...

Another transfer - to the 15th Cruiser Squadon in the Mediterranean - came in February 1942. Damaged by an aerial torpedo in November of that year, she spent most of 1943 under repair, initially at Alexandria to carry out emergency repairs and then a more thorough job at Charleston. A modern torpedo, historically called a self propelled torpedo, is a self-propelled guided projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Antiquity and modernity stand cheek-by-jowl in Egypts chief Mediterranean seaport Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, Alexandria (in Arabic, الإسكندرية, transliterated al-ʼIskandariyyah) is the chief seaport in Egypt, and that countrys second largest city, and the capital of the Al Iskandariyah governate. ... City Flag Charleston is a city in Charleston County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. ...

April 1944 saw Arethusa rejoin the Home Fleet, this time as part of the 1st Cruiser Squadron. Again she was not in service for long, sustaining two bomb hits in late June - an event that required 5 months of repair, this time on Clydeside. Categories: UK geography stubs | Glasgow | Scottish rivers ...

On completion of these repairs she rejoined the 15th Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean and stayed there until October 1945 when she returned to the United Kingdom and was immediately placed in the reserve (at The Nore). The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames, England. ...

There was a tentative plan to sell her to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1946 but this came to nothing and she was placed in category 'B' reserve. The Royal Norwegian Navy (often abbreviated as RNoN) is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. ...

She was finally sold out of service and scrapped in 1950.

See HMS Arethusa for other ships of the name.
Numerous Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Arethusa, after the Greek mythological nymph Arethusa who was transformed by Artemis into a fountain. ...