HMS Jamaica

Type:
Light Cruiser
Class:
Builder:
Vickers Armstrongs Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Pennant Number:
44
C-44
Ordered:
March 1, 1939
Commissioned:
June 29, 1942
Keel Laid:
April 28, 1939
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
November 16, 1940
Stricken:


N/A
Fate:
Sold to Arnott Young in 1960. Stripped at Dalmuir, Scotland in 1961, hull scrapped
at Troon, Scotland in 1962.




Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Dec. 26, 1943
Scharnhorst
Battleship
31,847
Germany
Assisted


Notes:
During the Korean war Jamaica assisted in sinking four Korean MTB's and three trawlers.


Builder's Data
Page published Jan. 29, 2007