Naval art of the Royal navy
cruiser HMS Jamaica. by naval artists, including Ivan Berryman. original
paintings of HMS Jamaica also available. direct form the naval art
company a Division of Cranston Fine arts
HMS
Jamaica. Built by Vickers Armstrong at barrow and launched 16th
November 1940 and completed 29th June 1942. On completion she served
with the Home Fleet from 1942 till the end of the war. later serving in
the Indian Ocean. finally being sold and scrapped at Dalmuir in Scotland
20th December 1960 and finally the hull was scrapped at Troon in 1962.
Displacement:
8,000 tons. Speed: 33kts Complement: 730
Armament:
Twelve 6 inch guns in threes. Eight 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and
nine 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in pairs (one single) as well as eight 0.5
inch machine guns in pairs. Six 21 inch torpedo tubes in
threes and 3 aircraft.
