The ship also carried a large contingent of seconded South African personnel. Neptune was the fourth ship of its class and was the ninth Royal Navy vessel to carry the name.īuilt by Portsmouth Dockyard, Neptune was laid down on 24 September 1931, launched on 31 January 1933, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 12 February 1934 with the pennant number 20.ĭuring World War II, Neptune operated with a crew drawn predominantly from the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. HMS Neptune was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy during World War II.
catapult and aircraft later replaced with Supermarine Walrus.Sunk 19 December 1941 by mines off Tripoliĥ,730 nautical miles (10,610 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h)
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