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HMS Cornwall (56)
HMS ''Cornwall'', pennant number 56, was a heavy cruiser of the ''Kent'' subclass built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s. She was built at Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, UK).
==History==
In a single ship action of 8 May 1941 ''Cornwall'' sank the German commerce raider but was hit in the stern. She returned to Durban for repairs, which were completed on 10 June 1941. On 25 November 1941, ''Cornwall'' intercepted the Vichy-French merchant ''Surcouf'' off the east coast of Somalia and brought her to Aden. ''Surcouf'' was en route to Djibouti with food.
On 2 April 1942, ''Cornwall'' and her sister ship were detached from the fleet: ''Dorsetshire'' to resume an interrupted refit and ''Cornwall'' to escort convoy SU-4 (composed of the U.S. Army transport and Australian transport ) to Australia and the aircraft carrier to Trincomalee in Ceylon for repairs. On 4 April, the Japanese carrier fleet was spotted and the two cruisers left harbour and, after a hurried refuelling at sea, set out for Addu Atoll shortly after midnight. On 5 April 1942, the two cruisers were sighted by a spotter plane from the about 200 miles (370 km) southwest of Ceylon.
As part of the engagement known as the Easter Sunday Raid, a wave of dive bombers led by Lieutenant Commander Egusa took off from Japanese carriers to attack ''Cornwall'' and ''Dorsetshire'', southwest of Ceylon, and sank the two ships. British losses were 424 men killed; 1,122 survivors spent thirty hours in the water before being rescued by and two destroyers.
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