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HMS ''Newfoundland'' was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy. Named after Newfoundland Colony, she fought in the Second World War and was later sold to the Peruvian Navy. The hospital ship was a different ship, although also torpedoed in the Mediterranean in 1943. ==Early career== ''Newfoundland'' was built by Swan Hunter and launched 19 December 1941 by the wife of the then British Minister of Labour, Ernest Bevin. The ship was completed in December 1942 and commissioned the next month. After commissioning ''Newfoundland'' joined the 10th Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet. Early in 1943 the ship became flagship of the 15th Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean. On the night of July 13/14 1943, during Sicily Campaign, she provided effective support for 1st Parachute Brigade helping to secure the Primasole Bridge, linking Catania with Syra. On 23 July 1943, she was torpedoed by the . Her rudder having been blown off, temporary repairs were carried out at Malta. Later, steering by her propellers only, and with the assistance of "jury rigged" sails between her funnels, she steamed to the Boston Navy Yard for major repairs. In 1944 the ship was re-commissioned for service in the Far East. While at Alexandria an exploding air vessel occurred in one of the torpedoes in the port tubes which caused severe damage and one casualty. The repairs delayed her arrival in the Far East for service with the British Pacific Fleet (BPF). ''Newfoundland'' went to New Guinea to support the Australian 6th Division in the Aitape-Wewak campaign. On 14 June 1945, as part of a BPF task group, ''Newfoundland'' attacked the major Japanese naval base at Truk, in the Caroline Islands. On 6 July ''Newfoundland'' left the forward base of Manus in the Admiralty Islands with other ships of the BPF to take part in the Allied campaign against the Japanese home islands. On 9 August she took part in a bombardment of the Japanese city of Kamaishi. ''Newfoundland'' was part of a British Empire force which took control of the naval base at Yokosuka. The ship was present in Tokyo Bay when the Instrument of Surrender was signed aboard the US battleship , on 2 September 1945. ''Newfoundland'' was then assigned the task of repatriating British Empire prisoners of war. She returned to Great Britain in December 1946. 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 Newfoundland (59)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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