Editing HMS Devonshire (39)

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|Ship builder=[[HMNB Devonport|HM Dockyard, Devonport]]
|Ship laid down=16 March 1926
|Ship launched=22 October 1927
|Ship namesake=[[Devonshire]]
|Ship commissioned=18 March 1929
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|Ship reclassified=[[Training ship]], 1947
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|Ship fate=Sold for [[ship breaking|scrap]], 16 June 1954
|Ship motto=''Auxilio Divino'': 'By the help of God'
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|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: 39
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|Ship class={{sclass2|County|cruiser|0}} [[heavy cruiser]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|9850|LT|t|lk=on}} ([[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard]])
*{{convert|13315|LT|t}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length={{convert|632|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|66|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|20|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*8 × [[Admiralty 3-drum boiler]]s
*{{cvt|80000|shp|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*4 × shafts, 4 × geared [[steam turbine]]s
|Ship speed={{convert|32.25|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|12500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
|Ship complement=784
|Ship armament=*4 × twin [[BL 8-inch Mk VIII naval gun|8 in (203&nbsp;mm) guns]]
*4 × single [[QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V|{{cvt|4|in|0}}]] [[AA gun]]s
*4 × single [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2 pdr (40&nbsp;mm)]] AA guns
*2 × quadruple [[British 21-inch torpedo|21 in (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s
|Ship armour=*[[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{convert|1|in|mm|abbr=on}}
*[[Deck (ship)|Deck]]s: {{convert|1.375|-|1.5|in|mm|abbr=on}}
*[[Barbette]]s: {{convert|1|in|mm|abbr=on}}
*[[Gun turret|Turrets]]: {{convert|1|in|mm|abbr=on}}
*[[Bulkhead (partition)|Bulkhead]]s: {{convert|1|in|mm|abbr=on}}
*[[Magazine (artillery)|Magazine]]s: {{convert|2|-|4.375|in|mm|abbr=on}}
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'''HMS ''Devonshire''''', [[pennant number]] 39, was a {{sclass2|County|cruiser|0}} [[heavy cruiser]] of the ''London'' [[ship class|sub-class]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the late 1920s. The ship spent most of her pre-[[World War II]] career assigned to the [[Mediterranean Fleet]] aside from a brief tour with the [[China Station]]. She spent the first two months of the [[Second World War]] in the Mediterranean until she was transferred to the [[Home Fleet]] and became [[flagship]] of a cruiser squadron. ''Devonshire'' took part in the Norwegian Campaign in mid 1940 and evacuated much of the Norwegian Government in June. Several months later, she participated in the [[Battle of Dakar]], a failed attempt to seize the [[Vichy French]] colony of [[Senegal]] in September. The ship remained in the South Atlantic afterwards and supported [[Free French]] efforts to take control of [[French Equatorial Africa]] in addition to searching for German [[commerce raider]]s.

''Devonshire'' returned home in early 1941 and briefly rejoined the Home Fleet, during which time she escorted several [[aircraft carrier]]s as they [[Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo|attacked German forces]] in Norway and [[Finland]] and covered the [[Arctic convoys of World War II|first convoy to the Soviet Union]]. Shortly afterwards, the ship was sent to the South Atlantic where she sank the [[auxiliary cruiser]] {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Atlantis||2}}. ''Devonshire'' was then assigned to the [[Eastern Fleet]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] and supported the [[Operation Ironclad|Allied invasion of Madagascar]] in mid-1942. She then spent the next year escorting convoys before returning home to begin a lengthy refit. After it was completed in early 1944, the ship escorted various aircraft carriers for the rest of the war as they attacked targets in Norway.

After the German surrender in May 1945, she sailed to Norway and escorted two surrendered German cruisers from Denmark to the UK. ''Devonshire'' then began ferrying British troops home from Australia for the rest of the year. In 1947, the ship was converted into a [[training ship]] for [[naval cadet]]s and served until she was sold for [[ship breaking|scrap]] in 1954.

==Description==
''Devonshire'' displaced {{convert|9850|LT|t}} at [[Displacement (ship)|standard]] load and {{convert|13315|LT|t}} at [[deep load]]. The ship had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|632|ft|8|in|m|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|66|ft|m|1}} and a [[draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|20|ft|9|in|m|1}}.<ref>Whitley, p. 87</ref> She was powered by [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, driving four shafts, which developed a total of {{convert|80000|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|32.35|kn|lk=in}}. Steam for the turbines was provided by eight [[Admiralty 3-drum boiler]]s. ''Devonshire'' carried a maximum of {{convert|3425|LT|t}} of [[fuel oil]] that gave her a range of {{convert|13300|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}}. The ship's complement was 784 officers and men.<ref>Raven & Roberts, pp. 412–13</ref>

The ship mounted eight [[BL 8-inch Mk VIII naval gun|8-inch (203 mm) guns]] in four twin [[gun turret]]s, designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y' from front to rear. Her secondary armament consisted of four [[QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V|QF {{convert|4|in|adj=on|0}} Mk V]] [[anti-aircraft gun|anti-aircraft (AA) guns]] in single mounts. ''Devonshire'' also mounted four single [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder (40&nbsp;mm)]] light AA guns ("pom-poms"). The ship was equipped with two quadruple [[torpedo tube]] above-water mounts for [[British 21-inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}}]] torpedoes.<ref name=r12>Raven & Roberts, p. 412</ref>

''Devonshire'' was only lightly protected with little more than a single inch of plating protecting vital machinery. Her [[magazine (artillery)|magazine]]s were the exception and were protected by {{convert|2|-|4.375|in|mm}} of armour. Space and weight was reserved for one [[aircraft catapult]] and its [[seaplane]], but they were not fitted until after she was completed.<ref>Raven & Roberts, pp. 256, 412</ref>

==Construction and career==
[[File:NMM by Richard Symonds 20.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Ship's badge in the National Maritime Museum]]
''Devonshire'', the fifth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,<ref>Colledge, p. 79</ref> was named for the [[Devonshire|county]]. The ship was [[keel laying|laid down]] at [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport Dockyard]] on 16 March 1926 and was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 22 October 1927. Completed on 18 March 1929, she was assigned to the [[1st Cruiser Squadron]] (CS) of the Mediterranean Fleet together with her three [[sister ship]]s. ''Devonshire'' spent the bulk of the interbellum period there, aside from a 1932–33 tour with the China Station.<ref>Whitley, pp. 87–88</ref>

While off the island of [[Skiathos]] in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], she suffered a serious accident on 26 July 1929 during gunnery training. There was a [[Firearm malfunction|misfire]] in the left gun of "X" turret; when the [[breech block]] was opened the [[propellant|propellant charge]] inside the barrel detonated, which ignited the charge for the next round. The ensuing explosion killed 18 men. ''Devonshire'' returned to England for repairs in August with "the turret swung 'round and the guns awry".<ref>{{cite web|title=Turret Explosion|url=http://royalnavymemories.co.uk/turret-explosion/|publisher=Royal Navy Memories|access-date=14 August 2016|date=4 July 2009}}</ref> In 1929–1930 she received a [[HACS|High-Angle Control System]], used to direct her anti-aircraft guns, and a catapult was fitted in 1931–1932. Four more single four-inch AA guns in addition to a pair of quadruple [[Vickers .50 machine gun|Vickers .50-calibre (12.7&nbsp;mm) Mark III]] [[machine gun]]s were added in 1936–1937.<ref name=rr51>Raven & Roberts, p. 256</ref>

[[File:Memorial Plaque - HMS Devonshire 1929.jpg|thumb|Memorial plaque located at [[Stonehouse Barracks]] in memory of those killed in an explosion aboard ''Devonshire'', 29 July 1929]]
During the [[Spanish Civil War]], ''Devonshire'' brought a [[Francoist Spain|Nationalist emissary]] to [[Menorca]] on 7 February 1939. The following day, the [[Second Spanish Republic|Republicans]] surrendered the island to the Nationalists aboard the cruiser and she sailed to [[Marseille]], [[France]], with 452 Republican refugees on board.<ref>Thomas, p. 861</ref>

===Second World War===
''Devonshire'' was in the [[Mediterranean]] when the war began in September 1939 until she was transferred to the Home Fleet some months later. After the [[armed merchant cruiser]] {{HMS|Rawalpindi||2}} was sunk by the German [[battleship]]s {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}} and {{ship|German battleship|Gneisenau||2}} on 23 November, ''Devonshire'' and the battleships {{HMS|Nelson|28|2}} and {{HMS|Rodney|29|2}} sailed from [[the Clyde]] on a fruitless attempt to find the German ships.<ref>Haarr 2013, pp. 311–314</ref> In March 1940 she became the [[flagship]] of the 1st CS, and flew the flag of the future [[First Sea Lord]], [[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] [[John H. D. Cunningham]]. During this time the [[squadron (naval)|squadron]] was tasked to cover [[Scotland]], the [[Faeroe Islands]] and [[Iceland]].<ref>Rohwer, p. 16</ref> As part of the Allied plans to occupy parts of [[Norway]] and interdict the iron ore traffic from [[Narvik]] to Germany ([[Operation Wilfred]] and [[Plan R 4]]), ''Devonshire'' and the rest of the squadron were assigned to ferry British troops from [[Rosyth]] to [[Stavanger]] and [[Bergen]] and to be ready to sail on the morning of 8 April, but these plans were partially preempted by the [[Operation Weserübung|German invasion]] that same day.<ref>Haarr 2013, pp. 398–400</ref>

====Norwegian campaign====
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The [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|Admiralty]] ordered that the troops, but not their equipment, be unloaded from the cruisers on the evening of the 8th, and that the cruisers were to search forthwith for the German ships known to be at sea. This was later cancelled and the squadron was ordered to rendezvous with the main body of the Home Fleet. Later that day, German bombers attacked the British ships and ''Devonshire'' suffered a near-miss. On the 11th, the squadron was detached on an unsuccessful search for German ships in the area around Trondheim and rejoined the fleet two days later.<ref>Haarr 2009, pp. 106–107, 287–289</ref> Cunningham's ships were then detached to [[Tromsø]] where he conducted negotiations with local officials to refuel there and to bring Norwegian troops west from [[Kirkenes]]. The squadron arrived there on the afternoon of the 15th and escorted Norwegian troopships back to Tromsø. ''Devonshire'' covered the evacuation of British and French troops [[Namsos Campaign|from Namsos]] at the beginning of May and was nearly hit when the evacuation forces were attacked by German aircraft as they were withdrawing on 3 May.<ref>Haarr 2010, pp. 169–174, 211–212</ref>

''Devonshire'' evacuated [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon VII]], [[Olav V of Norway|Crown Prince Olav]], and Norwegian government officials, including the [[Prime Minister of Norway|Prime Minister]], [[Johan Nygaardsvold]], from Tromsø on 7 June. On board were 461 passengers. The ship passed within {{convert|50|mi}} of the action in which the [[aircraft carrier]] {{HMS|Glorious||2}} and two destroyers were sunk by ''Scharnhorst'' and ''Gneisenau''. Although an enemy sighting report had been received in ''Devonshire'', Cunningham's orders were to get Haakon VII to safety, and the cruiser sped up and continued on her course.<ref>Haarr 2010, pp. 312–313, 346–348</ref>

====Operation Menace====
In preparation for [[Operation Menace]], a British naval attack on [[Dakar]], Senegal, prior to a planned landing by the Free French, the ship was detached from the Home Fleet on 28 August and was assigned to Force M, the Royal Navy component of the operation. Still Cunningham's flagship, she departed the Clyde on the 31st, escorting the troop convoy en route to [[Gibraltar]]<ref>Rohwer, pp. 36, 38, 40</ref> where they arrived on 3 September. On the 14th, Cunningham dispatched the 1st CS, augmented by the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|2}}, in an unsuccessful attempt to locate and turn back a Vichy French cruiser squadron bound for Dakar; by this time he had hoisted his flag in the battleship {{HMS|Barham|04|2}}. ''Devonshire'' and her Australian sister ship {{HMAS|Australia|D84|2}} engaged the French cruisers and destroyers as they manoeuvred in the harbour on the second day of the battle, with negligible effect in poor visibility. After ''Barham'' was lightly damaged during the action, Cunningham transferred back to ''Devonshire'' for the next day's battle during which the ship fired 200 shells from her main guns without scoring a single hit against French ships obscured by [[smoke screen]]s.<ref>Jordan and Dumas, pp. 142–143, 147</ref>

After the attack was abandoned, she was employed to escort a British troop convoy to [[Douala]], [[French Cameroons]], in early October and then blockaded the coast of [[Gabon]] when Free French forces [[Battle of Gabon|invaded in early November]].<ref>Rohwer, pp. 43, 48</ref> On 7 November, her [[Supermarine Walrus]] seaplane helped to sink the Vichy submarine {{ship|French submarine|Poncelet|Q141|2}} off Gabon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12047498/Commander-David-Corky-Corkhill-obituary.html|title=Commander David Corky Corkhill obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=13 December 2015|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref>

====1941====
''Devonshire'' remained in the South Atlantic and participated in the unsuccessful hunt for the German commerce raider {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Kormoran||2}} in January 1941.<ref>Rohwer, p. 55</ref> The ship subsequently transferred to the Home Fleet and was refitted in [[Liverpool]] 19 February–22 May. During this refit her single 2-pounder guns were replaced by two octuple mounts and an early-warning [[Type 281 radar]].<ref name=rr9>Raven & Roberts, p. 429</ref> She escorted British carriers when they [[Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo|raided Kirkenes and Petsamo]] in Norway and Finland in late July. The following month, ''Devonshire'' provided distant cover for the first convoy to Russia, [[Dervish Convoy|Operation Dervish]],<ref>Rohwer, pp. 88–89, 93</ref> before she was transferred to the Eastern Fleet.<ref name=w9/> Before her departure, the ship received a pair of [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|{{convert|20|mm|1|adj=on|sp=us}} Oerlikon]] light AA guns in September.<ref name=rr9/> On 2 November, the ship led a force that captured a Vichy convoy bound for [[French Indochina]] off [[South Africa]]. Twenty days later, ''Devonshire'' sank a German commerce raider, the auxiliary cruiser ''Atlantis'', north of [[Ascension Island]].<ref name=w9>Whitley, p. 89</ref>

====1942–1943====
The ship was subsequently refitted in [[Norfolk, Virginia]] from 24 January to 7 March 1942, where she received a [[List of World War II British naval radar#Type 273|Type 273]] gunnery radar and six more Oerlikons.<ref name=rr9/> After the completion of her refit, ''Devonshire'' was sent to join the [[4th Cruiser Squadron]] of the Eastern Fleet and escorted a convoy from [[Charleston, South Carolina]], to [[Freetown]], [[Sierra Leone]] en route.<ref>Rohwer, p. 152</ref> On 25 April, the ship escorted a convoy from [[Durban]], South Africa to [[Madagascar]] as part of [[Operation Ironclad]], which was launched to preempt a possible Japanese occupation of the island. The Vichy French had allowed Japanese forces to use air bases in French Indochina to launch the airstrikes that [[Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse|sank the capital ships ''Repulse'' and ''Prince of Wales'']], so it was quite possible they would permit the Japanese access to military facilities on Madagascar had they requested them.<ref>Shores, pp. 276–278</ref> During late 1942, ''Devonshire''{{'}}s single four-inch AA guns were replaced with twin-gun mounts for [[QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XVI|Mark XVI guns of the same calibre]]. The ship remained in the Far East until May 1943, covering troop convoys from [[Suez]] to Australia.<ref name=w9/> By this time, her quadruple .50-calibre machineguns and six single-Oerlikon mounts had been replaced by another pair of octuple two-pounder mounts and a dozen twin-Oerlikon mounts. She returned home that month and began a lengthy refit that lasted until 20 March 1944. During this refit, 'X' turret and one twin Oerlikon mount were replaced by two additional octuple two-pounder mounts and eight single-Oerlikon mounts. Her radar suite was modernized with Type 281B replacing Type 281 and the full range of anti-aircraft gunnery radars were installed. To accommodate all the new equipment, her catapult was removed.<ref name=rr9/>

====1944–1945====
[[File:HMS Devonshire FL5895.jpg|thumb|upright=1|''Devonshire'' underway following her 1944 refit]]
She returned to duty with the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow in April 1944. From July until the end of hostilities in May 1945, ''Devonshire'' escorted the carrier raids that were mounted on shipping and other targets in Norwegian waters (Operations [[Operation Mascot|Mascot]], [[Operation Goodwood (naval)|Goodwood]], and [[Operation Hardy|Hardy]]).<ref name=w9/><ref>Rohwer, pp. 343, 349, 368</ref>

With the end of the war in Europe, ''Devonshire'', now the flagship of Rear-Admiral [[James Ritchie (naval officer)|James Ritchie]], the future Flag Officer Norway, sailed on 12 May to [[Oslo]]. She then went to [[Copenhagen]] the next day, and from there she escorted to the UK the German cruisers {{ship|German cruiser|Prinz Eugen||2}} and {{ship|German cruiser|Nürnberg||2}} to [[Wilhelmshaven]] on 24–26 May.<ref>Rohwer, p. 416</ref> In June, ''Devonshire'' was again the flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Rhoderick McGrigor]], which returned King Haakon to Norway, arriving in Oslo on 7 June. The king himself sailed in her half-sister, {{HMS|Norfolk|78|2}}.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Koester|first1=C. B.|title=The Liberation of Oslo and Copenhagen: A Midshipman's Memoir|journal=The Northern Mariner|date=October 1993|volume=III|issue= 4|pages=49–60|doi=10.25071/2561-5467.781 |s2cid=247645995 |url=http://cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol03/tnm_3_4_49-60.pdf|access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> Later that month, she was outfitted for use as a troopship, and she was used to transport personnel to and from Australia for the rest of the year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ships in Port|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/78483358?searchTerm=(hms%20devonshire)%20date:[1945%20TO%201945]&searchLimits=q-field0|access-date=16 August 2016|work=The Daily News (Perth)|publisher=Trove.au|date=15 October 1945}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shipping: Port of Freemantle|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44831040?searchTerm=(hms%20devonshire)%20date:[1945%20TO%201945|access-date=16 August 2016|work=The West Australian|publisher=Trove.au|date=21 November 1945}}</ref> On 29 September, ''Devonshire'' helped to rescued the survivors of {{SS|Empire Patrol}}, a [[freighter (ship)|freighter]] loaded with Greek refugees bound from [[Port Said]], [[Egypt]], to [[Greece]], that had caught fire.<ref>{{cite web|title=S S Empire Patrol..The Rescue|url=http://royalnavymemories.co.uk/s-s-empire-patrolthe-rescue/|website=Royal Navy Memories|access-date=16 August 2016|date=2 July 2009}}</ref>

===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/>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau |editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Mayflower Books|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-8317-0303-2 |chapter=Great Britain |last1=Campbell |first1=N.J.M.|pages=2–85}}
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
*{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After|year=2010|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-59114-078-8 |author-link=Norman Friedman}}
* {{cite book|last=Haarr|first=Geirr H.|title=The Battle for Norway: April–June 1940|year=2010|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-057-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Haarr|first=Geirr H.|title=The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 – April 1940|year=2013|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-331-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Haarr|first=Geirr H.|title=The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940|url=https://archive.org/details/germaninvasionof00geir|url-access=registration|year=2009|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-323-9}}
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* {{cite book |last1=Raven |first1=Alan |last2=Roberts |first2=John |title=British Cruisers of World War Two |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |year=1980 |isbn=0-87021-922-7|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2 |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}
* {{cite book|last1=Shores|first1=Christopher|title=Dust Clouds in the Middle East: The Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940–42|date=1996|publisher=Grub Street|location=London|isbn=1-898697-37-X}}
* {{cite book|last1=Thomas|first1=Hugh|title=The Spanish Civil War|date=2003 |publisher=Penguin|location=London |isbn=978-0-14-101161-5|edition=4th}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Cassell |location=London|year=1995|isbn=1-86019-874-0|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}

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