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HMS Cleopatra Association
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The Dido Class Cruiser HMS Cleopatra was adopted by the town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire during the second world war. It carried on when the cruiser was sent to the breakers yard and the light fleet destroyer was
commissioned.
The HMS Cleopatra Association has its reunions in Harrogate every three years
Secretary:- W.B.Franklin 127 Kit Hill Cresent - St Budeaux - Plymouth
Tel 01752 366611. [Still serving as CPO - RN Careers Office
Plymouth]
Chairman: - TC Glazier - 7 Brough Court, Torpoint, PL11 2QW Tel:- 01752 813163
Hon President Commander E.A. Rowe Royal Navy
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Dido class cruiser
HMS Cleopatra was one of 11 ships - 5,500 tons, 33 knots, 10-5.25in AA or 8-4.5in AA*, 530 crew, 1940-42
Ships surviving WWII: ARGONAUT, CLEOPATRA, DIDO, EURYLUS, PHOEBE, SCYLLA*, SIRIUS
4 ships lost were:
BONAVENTURE, 31st March 1941, Eastern Mediterranean south east of Crete (c 33-15'N, 26-30'E) - by 1 or 2 torpedoes from Italian submarine 'Ambra'.
With Mediterranean Fleet cruiser force covering convoy GA.8 from Greece to Alexandria; 310 survivors (Battle of Greece).
CHARYBDIS * (Capt G A W Voelcker), 23rd October 1943, Western Europe off north coast of Brittany, France, 337N of Triagoz Light, 10 miles (c 49-00'N, 3-45'W) - by 2 torpedoes from German torpedo boats 'T-23' and 'T-27'.
Night sortie from Plymouth with destroyer force ('Limbourne' also lost) to intercept German blockade runner 'Munsterland' in Operation Tunnel; 520 men lost (English Channel Operations)
HERMIONE, 16th June 1942, Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete (c 33-15'N, 26-15'E) - by 1 torpedo from German U-205.
With Mediterranean Fleet covering Alexandria/Malta convoy 'Vigorous'. Convoy returning to Alexandria after failing to make Malta; 440 survivors (Malta Convoys).
NAIAD (Capt Grantham), 11th March 1942, Eastern Mediterranean, north of Sidi Barrrani, Egypt (c 32-00N, 26-15'E) - by 1 torpedo from German U-565.
Returning with Mediterranean Fleet cruiser force to Alexandria after search for Axis convoy to Libya; 82 men lost, 582 survivors (North African Campaign).
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