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HMS ''Jamaica'', a of the Royal Navy, was named after the island of Jamaica, which was a British possession when she was built in the late 1930s. The light cruiser spent almost her entire wartime career on Arctic convoy duties, except for a deployment south for the landings in North Africa in November 1942. She participated in the Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942 and the Battle of North Cape in 1943. ''Jamaica'' escorted several aircraft carriers in 1944 as they flew off airstrikes that attacked the in northern Norway. Late in the year she had an extensive refit to prepare her for service with the British Pacific Fleet, but the war ended before she reached the Pacific. ''Jamaica'' spent the late 1940s in the Far East and on the North America and West Indies Station. When the Korean War began in 1950 she was ordered, in cooperation with the United States Navy, to bombard North Korean troops as they advanced down the eastern coast. The ship also provided fire support during the Inchon Landing later that year. ''Jamaica'' was refitted late in the year and returned to Great Britain in early 1951 where she was placed in reserve. She was recommissioned in 1954 for service with the Mediterranean Fleet. In 1955 ''Jamaica'' was used to play in the film ''Battle of the River Plate'', in company with her wartime partner as . In 1956 the ship participated in Operation Musketeer, the Anglo-French invasion of Egypt to seize control of the Suez Canal. ''Jamaica'' was paid off in 1958 and sold for scrap in 1960. ==Description== ''Jamaica'' displaced about at standard load and at deep load. The ship had an overall length of , a beam of 〔Raven and Roberts, p. 422〕 and a draught of . She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving four shafts, which developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . Steam for the turbines was provided by four Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers. ''Jamaica'' carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave her a range of at .〔Whitley, p. 120〕 The ship's complement was 733 officers and men in peacetime and 900 during war.〔 The ship mounted twelve 50-calibre 6-inch (152 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets. Her secondary armament consisted of eight 4-inch (102 mm) anti-aircraft (AA) guns in four twin turrets. ''Jamaica'' mounted two quadruple 2-pounder (40 mm) light AA mounts ("pom-poms"). Her short-range AA armament is not known. The ship carried two above-water triple torpedo tube mounts for torpedoes.〔 ''Jamaica'' lacked a full waterline armour belt. The sides of her boiler and engine rooms and the magazines were protected by of armour. The deck over the machinery spaces and magazines was reinforced to a thickness of . She carried an aircraft catapult and two Supermarine Sea Otter seaplanes.〔Raven and Roberts, pp. 201, 422〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Jamaica (44)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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