HMS Ceylon (30)

Ceylon at anchor in August 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ceylon
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan
Laid down	27 April 1939
Launched	30 July 1942
Commissioned	13 July 1943
Identification	Pennant number: 30
Fate	Transferred to Peruvian Navy, 9 February 1960
Peru
Name	BAP Coronel Bolognesi
Acquired	9 February 1960
Decommissioned	May 1982
Fate	Scrapped, August 1985
General characteristics
Class and type	Fiji-class light cruiser
Displacement	8,712 tons standard 11,024 tons full load
Length	169.3 m (555 ft 5 in)
Beam	18.9 m (62 ft 0 in)
Draught	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	Four oil fired three-drum Admiralty-type boilers four-shaft geared turbines four screws 54.1 megawatts (72,500 shp)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	10,200 nmi (18,900 km; 11,700 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	730 (wartime) 650 (peacetime)
Sensors and processing systems	Type 281 air search Type 272 surface search Type 277 height finding Type 274 fire control (6 inch guns) Type 283 fire control (4 inch guns) Type 282 fire control (2 pdr guns)
Armament	3 triple BL 6 inch Mk XXIII guns (152 mm) 4 twin QF 4 inch Mk XIX guns 4 quadruple QF 2-pounder Mk VII (40 mm) "pom-pom" guns 10 twin Oerlikon 20 mm Mk II guns 2 triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	82.5–88.9 mm (3.25–3.50 in) belt 25.4–50.8 mm (1.00–2.00 in) turrets
Aircraft carried	Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Later removed)

HMS Ceylon was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was of the Ceylon sub class, named after the island and British colony of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The cruiser saw service in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres during the Second World War. In the postwar era, she participated in actions in Egypt and the Korean War. In 1960 she transferred to the navy of Peru and renamed Coronel Bolognesi. The cruiser was scrapped in 1985.