Editing HMS Devonshire (39) (section)

===Post-war===
The ship was converted into a cadet training ship in 1947 and served in this role until 1954.<ref name=w9/> As part of this reconstruction most of her armament was removed; by 1949 it consisted of a single eight-inch gun turret, two four-inch gun turrets and single examples of the quadruple two-pounder, single- and twin-Oerlikon mounts, plus a single [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|{{convert|40|mm|1|adj=on|sp=us}} Bofors]] light AA gun.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cadet Training Cruiser 1949|url=http://royalnavymemories.co.uk/devonshire-ships-magazine-1949/|website=Royal Navy Memories|access-date=16 August 2016|date=3 July 2009}}</ref> In 1953 she took part in the [[Fleet Review]] to celebrate the [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II|coronation]] of [[Elizabeth II]].<ref>Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15 June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden</ref> ''Devonshire'' was sold for scrap on 16 June 1954 and arrived at [[Newport, Wales]], on 12 December 1954 where she was broken up by [[John Cashmore Ltd]].<ref name=w9/>