 | | |
| Class | Fiji | Ceylon |
| Type | Light Cruiser | Light Cruiser |
| Year | 1940 | 1943 |
| Crew | 730-920 | 730-920 |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 164.0 m (pp) 169.3 m | 169.3 m (pp) 164.0 m |
| Beam | 18.9 m | 18.9 m |
| Draught | 6.0 m | 6.0 m |
| Displacement | ||
| Empty | 8,530 t | 8,530 t |
| Loaded | 10,450 t | 10,450 t |
| Performance | ||
| Speed | 58 km/h | 58 km/h |
| Range | 18,705 km @ 22 km/h | 18,705 km @ 22 km/h |
| Machinery | ||
| Shafts | 4 | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 72,500 hp Parsons | 4 x Geared steam 72,500 hp Parsons |
| Boilers | 4 x Admiralty | 4 x Admiralty |
| Fuel | Oil: 1,613-1,700 t | Oil: 1,613-1,700 t |
| Armament | ||
| Main | 12 x 152-mm/50 (4 x 3) BL 6-in Mk. XXIII -5° / +60° | 9 x 152-mm/50 (3 x 3) BL 6-in Mk. XXIII -5° / +60° |
| Anti-Aircraft | ||
| Torpedo tubes | 6 x 533-mm (2 x 3) | 6 x 533-mm (2 x 3) |
| Broadside | 610 kg | 457 kg |
| Armor | ||
| Belt | 83 - 89 mm | 83 - 89 mm |
| Bulkhead | 25 - 51 mm | 25 - 51 mm |
| Gun turret | 25 - 51 mm | 25 - 51 mm |
| Aircraft | ||
| Aircraft | 2 | 2 |
| Production | ||
| Built | 8 | 3 |
| Total | 11 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
| Crown Colony (Fiji): | |||||||||
|
Bermuda | 52 | John Brown | 30/11/1939 | 11/09/1941 | 21/08/1942 | 30/07/1962 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Fiji † | 58 | John Brown | 30/03/1938 | 31/05/1939 | 17/05/1940 | 22/05/1941 | † | Loss by aircraft |
|
Gambia | 48 | Swan Hunter | 24/07/1939 | 30/11/1940 | 21/02/1942 | 07/12/1960 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Jamaica | 44 | Vickers-Armstrong | 28/04/1939 | 16/11/1940 | 29/06/1942 | 20/11/1957 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Kenya | 14 | A. Stephens | 18/06/1938 | 18/08/1939 | 27/09/1940 | 09/1958 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Mauritius | 80 | Vickers-Armstrong | 31/03/1938 | 19/07/1939 | 01/01/1941 | 1952 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Nigeria | 60 | Swan Hunter | 08/02/1938 | 18/07/1939 | 23/09/1940 | 1951 | Transferred | |
|
Trinidad † | 46 | Devonport DYd | 21/04/1938 | 21/03/1940 | 14/10/1941 | 15/05/1942 | † | Loss by aircraft |
| Crown Colony (Ceylon): | |||||||||
|
Ceylon | 30 | A. Stephens | 27/04/1939 | 30/07/1942 | 13/07/1943 | 09/02/1960 | Transferred | |
|
Newfoundland | 59 | Swan Hunter | 09/11/1939 | 19/12/1941 | 21/01/1943 | 30/12/1959 | Transferred | |
|
Uganda | 66 | Vickers-Armstrong | 20/07/1939 | 07/08/1941 | 03/01/1943 | 21/10/1944 | Transferred | |
| Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
 |
Uganda / Quebec | 66 | |
Uganda | 66 | 21/10/1944 | 15/06/1956 | Sold/Scrapped | |
 |
Mysore | C60 | |
Nigeria | 60 | 29/08/1957 | 20/08/1985 | Sold/Scrapped | |
 |
Gambia | 48 | |
Gambia | 48 | 22/09/1943 | 27/03/1946 | Returned | |
 |
Coronel Bolognesi | CL-82 | |
Ceylon | 30 | 09/02/1960 | 20/09/1982 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Almirante Grau / Capitán Quiñones | CL-81 | |
Newfoundland | 59 | 30/12/1959 | 02/05/1980 | Struck |
