HMNZS BLACK PRINCE

UK and New Zealand

Namesake: Edward, the Black Prince
Builder: Harland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Yard number: 1049[1]
Laid down: 1 December 1939
Launched: 27 August 1942
Completed: 20 November 1943[1]
Commissioned: 30 November 1943
Decommissioned: March 1962
Out of service: Loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy, 25 May 1946
Fate: Sold for scrap in March 1962, arrived at Mitsui & Company, Osaka breakage yards, Japan, on 2 May 1962 for breaking up
Notes: Pennant number 81
Career (New Zealand)
Name: HMNZS Black Prince
Commissioned: 17 April 1946
Out of service: Returned to Royal Navy control on 1 April 1961
General characteristics
Class and type: Dido-class light cruiser
Displacement: 5,950 tons standard
7,200 tons full load
Length: 485 ft (148 m) pp
512 ft (156 m) oa
Beam: 50.5 ft (15.4 m)
Draught: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Parsons geared turbines
Four shafts
Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
62,000 shp (46 MW)
Speed: 32.25 knots (60 km/h)
Range: 2,414 km (1,303 nmi; 1,500 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
6,824 km (4,240 miles) at 16 knots
1,100 tons fuel oil
Complement: 530
Armament:
Original configuration:
8 × 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns
6 × 20 mm dual AA guns
3 × 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns
2 × 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes
Early 1945 - Mid 1946 configuration:
8 × 5.25 in (133 mm) (4 × 2)
12 × 2 pdr (1.5 in) pom-poms (3 × 4)
24 × 20 mm AA (8 × 2, 8 × 1)
6 × 21 in (533 mm) Torpedo Tubes (2 × 3)
Armor:
Original configuration:
Belt: 3 inch
Deck: 1 inch
Magazines: 2 inch
Bulkheads: 1 inch

Details: Wikipedia

Photo Credits: The Late Allan Green Collection Vic Australia