Naval History Lesson – HMS Dunedin

D-Class cruiser ordered from Armstrong’s High Walker shipyard at Newcastle on Tyne in July 1917 and laid down on 5th November that year. She was launched on 19th November 19l8 and towed to HM Dockyard for completion, as an economy measure. Build was finished in October 1919 and the ship was allocated for duty with the New Zealand Division in place of HM Cruiser CHATHAM. She sailed from Devonport with HM Battlecruisers HOOD and REPULSE, HM Cruisers DRAGON, DELHI, DANAE and DAUNTLESS deployed for a world cruise. She detached in May 1924 for service in New Zealand and served in the Pacific until returned to UK in 1931 for refit at Chatham. On completion she joined the Fleet in the Mediterranean.  The ship’s company was transferred to HM Cruiser LEANDER in April 1937 and commenced Reserve Fleet service.  She attended the Coronation Naval Review by HM King George VI in June 1937 and re-commissioned on November 11th at Portsmouth for use as Boys Training Ship until brought forward for operational service in 1939. During a refit at Portsmouth in 1939 the second prototype air warning radar Type 79Z was to have been fitted but this was installed in HM Cruiser CURLEW instead. No significant modification or additions to armament were made before her loss in November 1941.

Refer:    https://tinyurl.com/3bmeh4aa