HMS Phoebe Arriving at Valetta Harbour, Malta 1939
Career
Built By:	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland)
Laid down:	2 September 1937
Launched:	25 March 1939
Commissioned:	27 September 1940
End of Service	14 March 1951
Decommissioned:	14 March 1953
Fate:	Scrapped, Arrived at Blyth on 1 August 1956 to be scrapped by Hughes Bolkow.
Penant:	43
General Characteristics
Type:	Light (Anti-aircraft) cruiser
Displacement:	5,600 tons standard 6,850 tons full load 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links RN-White-Ensign. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Blyth is the name of more than one place. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dimensions:	485 pp, 512 oa x 50.5 x 14 feet (156 x 15.4 x 4.3 m)
Armament:	Original configuration: 8 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns, 1 x 4 in (102 mm) starshell gun, 2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes. Late 1942 - Mid 1943 configuration: 8 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns, 11 x 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns, 3 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes. Mid 1943 - 1945 configuration: 8 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns, 4 x 20 mm (0.8 in) single guns, 6 x 20 mm (0.8 in) twin power-operated guns, 3 x 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors Mk III quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes.
Armour:	Original configuration: Belt: 3 inch, Deck: 1 inch, Magazines: 2 inch, Bulkheads: 1 inch.
Propulsion:	Parsons geared turbines, 4 shafts, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 62,000 shp (46 MW) = 32.25 knots maximum speed
Range:	2,414 km (1,500 miles) at 30 knots, 6,824 (4,240 miles) at 16 knots ; 1,100 tons fuel oil
Complement:	480

HMS Phoebe was a Dido class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland), with the keel being laid down on the 2 September 1937. She was launched on the 25 March 1939, and commissioned 25 March 1939. The Dido class was a class of sixteen (including the Bellona sub-class) light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

History

Mediterranean

Phoebe's first six months were spent in the Home Fleet, escorting troop convoys on the first stage of their long voyage via the Cape to the Middle East. In April 1941 she was transferred to the 7th Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean. Enemy-held territory here was to keep the British Fleet busy for the next two and half years, and Phoebe was to have her fair share of the action. One of her first operations was the evacuation of troops from Greece and Crete, which was followed quickly by the Syrian landings and transporting troops to and from Tobruk. She was later hit by an aircraft while on her way to the USA for repair. The damage she sustained put her out of action for eight months. The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Mediterranean region. ... Combatants Greece New Zealand Australia United Kingdom Germany Italy Commanders Bernard Freyberg Kurt Student Strength 43,000 45,000 Casualties 3,500 dead 1,900 wounded 17,500 captured 6,200–22,000 dead, wounded, or captured The Battle of Crete (German Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta; Greek Μάχη της Κρήτης) began on the morning... Tobruk or Tubruq (Arabic: طبرق) is a town, seaport, municipality, and peninsula in eastern Libya in Northern Africa. ...

Phoebe returned to the Mediterranean in the summer of 1942 to escort the last heavily opposed convoy to Malta. The name Mediterranean Theatres of World War II encompasses naval, land and air campaigns involving Allied and Axis forces on the Mediterranean Sea and the countries which surround it, between June 11, 1940 when Fascist Italy entered the war and May 8, 1945 at the end of World War II... This article is about the year. ...

Africa

On the 23 October 1942, HMS Phoebe was torpedoed by U-161 off the Congo Estuary, while on passage to French Equatorial Africa. Her route was from Simonstown to Freetown, but the ship had to refuel at Pointe Noire. Two U-boats (U-161 and U-126) were patrolling that area at the time. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Équatoriale Française, AEF) was the federation of French colonial possessions in Middle Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River to the Sahara Desert. ... Simonstown is a naval base in South Africa near Cape Town. ... Freetown, population 1,070,200 (2004), is the largest city and capital of Sierra Leone, lying on the Freetown Peninsula on the Atlantic coast. ... Pointe-Noire is a port city in the Republic of the Congo. ...

After the hit, a corvette coming up from the harbour prevented the U-boat from finishing off the cruiser. About 60 crew members were killed (and three more died from malaria in the following days). After provisional repairs, Phoebe made for New York for complete repairs. It was an incredible feat to sail 10,000 miles with a gaping hole (60 ft by 30 ft) in her hull. The repairs were not completed until June 1943. In October 1943 she returned to the Mediterranean to take part in the Aegean operations. French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate. ... Red blood cell infected with Malaria (Italian: bad air; formerly called ague or marsh fever in English) is an infectious disease which in humans causes about 350-500 million infections and approximately 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... The name Mediterranean Theatres of World War II encompasses naval, land and air campaigns involving Allied and Axis forces on the Mediterranean Sea and the countries which surround it, between June 11, 1940 when Fascist Italy entered the war and May 8, 1945 at the end of World War II... Greece and the Aegean Sea The Aegean sea in Greece as seen from the island of Greek: Αιγαίον Πέλαγος, Aigaion Pelagos; Turkish: Ege denizi) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula and Anatolia (Asia Minor, now part of Turkey). ...

Far East

In May 1944, Phoebe was transferred to the Eastern Fleet and was involved in strike operations against the Andaman Islands, Sabang in Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands. In January 1945, a busy month, she was switched to supoorting amphibious operations in Burma and was engaged in actions against Akyab, Ramree Island off the Arakan Coast, and Cheduba Island. In May 1945, Phoebe was involved in the amphibious assault on Rangoon. The British Eastern Fleet (also known as the East Indies Fleet) was a fleet of the Royal Navy during World War II. It operated in the Indian Ocean and was based in Trincomalee in Ceylon. ... Satellite photo of the Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands are a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest part of Indonesia. ... Map of Nicobar Islands The Nicobar Islands are an island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean, and are part of India. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Akyab is a city and district in the Arakan division of Burma. ... Yangôn, formerly Rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of Myanmar. ...

Post war

After VJ-Day, Phoebe returned home for refitting and spent five years in the peacetime Mediterranean Fleet. After a period in reserve she was sold for scrap in 1956. This brought to an end a relatively short but eventful career. The Mediterranean Fleet was part of the Royal Navy. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See HMS Phoebe for other ships of this name. Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoebe after Phoebe from Greek mythology. ...