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HMS Kenya (C14)
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'''HMS ''Kenya'' (C14)''' was a
Fiji class cruiser ''Fiji'' class cruiser of the British
Royal Navy named after
Kenya (at the time a British possession).
''Kenya'' was launched on
18 August 1939. She took part in the hunt for the
German_battleship_Bismarck ''Bismark'' in May
1941, and took part in numerous operations, including
Operation Archery (nicknamed "The Pink Lady" around this time due to her
Mountbatten Pink paint scheme),
Operation Halberd,
Operation Harpoon and
Operation Pedestal, during which she was damaged by the Italian submarine
Italian submarine Alagi ''Alagi'' (on the
12 August 1942). She returned to service in
December 1942, serving with the
Home Fleet until she was transferred to the
4th Cruiser Squadron in the Far East in
1944.
During the final years of the war, she was involved in support operations for the carrier raids on the Japanese controlled islands in the
Indian Ocean, and covered the
Arakan landings in
1945.
After
World War II, she went into refit, then served in the
8th Cruiser Squadron in the West Indies Station until
1947. When the
Korean War erupted, she was re-commissioned into the
5th Cruiser Squadron. She was finally scrapped in
1962.
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Category:Crown Colony class cruisers Kenya
