HMNZS Achilles (70)
HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser, the second of five in the class. She served in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War. She was launched in 1931 for the Royal Navy, loaned to New Zealand in 1936 and transferred to the new Royal New Zealand Navy in 1941. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter and notable for being the first Royal Navy cruiser to have fire control radar, with the installation of the New Zealand-made SS1 fire-control radar in June 1940.
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HMNZS Achilles (70)
HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser, the second of five in the class. She served in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War. She was launched in 1931 for the Royal Navy, loaned to New Zealand in 1936 and transferred to the new Royal New Zealand Navy in 1941. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter and notable for being the first Royal Navy cruiser to have fire control radar, with the installation of the New Zealand-made SS1 fire-control radar in June 1940.
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HMNZS Achilles (ЕВНЗК «Ахиллес ...... где был переименован в «Дели».
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HMNZS Achilles byl lehký křižn ...... les zahrál sám sebe ve filmu .
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HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-c ...... lhi. She was scrapped in 1978.
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HMNZS Achilles – krążownik lek ...... dczas bitwy u ujścia La Platy.
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L'HMNZS Achilles (Pennant numb ...... l e alla battaglia di Okinawa.
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Le HMNZS Achilles est un crois ...... côté de l'Ajax et de l'Exeter.
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«Ахіллес» (70) (англ. HMNZS Ac ...... під назвою HMIS «Делі» (C74).
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アキリーズ（HMS Achilles,HMNZS Achil ...... シア神話のアキレスに因む。イギリス海軍の軍艦としては3番目。
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阿基里斯號輕巡洋艦（英語：HMNZS Achilles）是英 ...... 號（INS Delhi）。阿基里斯號最終於1978年被拆解。
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1936-10-01
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1933-10-10
1941-10-01
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1946-09-17
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1931-06-11
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1.693164e+2
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1.70688e+1
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1932-09-01
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Returned to Royal Navy 17 September 1946
Sold toIndian Navy5 July 1948
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Ship aircraft
*Catapult-launched Fairey Seaf ...... dio controlled DH.82 Queen Bee
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Ship armament
* 8 × BL 6 in Mk.XXIII (152 mm ......
* 8 tubes for torpedo Mk.IX
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Ship builder
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
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light cruiser
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Ship commissioned
1933-10-10
1941-10-01
Ship complement
*peacetime 550
*wartime 680
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New Zealand
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United Kingdom
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Ship decommissioned
1946-09-17
Ship displacement
*7,270 tons standard
*9,740 tons full load
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Ship honours
Guadalcanal 1942-43, Okinawa 1945
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River Plate 1939
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Ship identification
Pennant number: 70
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Ship laid down
1931-06-11
Ship launched
1932-09-01
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HMNZS Achilles
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HMS Achilles
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*Four Parsons geared steam turbines
*Six Yarrow boilers
*Four shafts
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HMNZS Achilles (ЕВНЗК «Ахиллес ...... где был переименован в «Дели».
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HMNZS Achilles byl lehký křižn ...... les zahrál sám sebe ve filmu .
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HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-c ...... re-control radar in June 1940.
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HMNZS Achilles – krążownik lek ...... dczas bitwy u ujścia La Platy.
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L'HMNZS Achilles (Pennant numb ...... largo di Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Le HMNZS Achilles est un crois ...... côté de l'Ajax et de l'Exeter.
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«Ахіллес» (70) (англ. HMNZS Ac ...... під назвою HMIS «Делі» (C74).
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アキリーズ（HMS Achilles,HMNZS Achil ...... シア神話のアキレスに因む。イギリス海軍の軍艦としては3番目。
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阿基里斯號輕巡洋艦（英語：HMNZS Achilles）是英 ...... 號（INS Delhi）。阿基里斯號最終於1978年被拆解。
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HMNZS Achilles (70)
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HMNZS Achilles (70)
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HMNZS Achilles (70)
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HMNZS Achilles
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HMS Achilles (70)
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アキリーズ (軽巡洋艦)
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阿基里斯號輕巡洋艦
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