Photo by Margaret Way.

Country: India.
Class, [Type]: Fiji, [CL].

Builder: Vickers Armstrongs, Walker, Newcastle, U.K.
Launch date: 18 July 1939.
Commission date: 29 August 1957.
Decommission date: 20 August 1985.

Displacement ( tons ): 10450 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 169,3 x 19 x 5.
Main machinery: 4 x geared steam turbines ( 72500 hp ), 4 x Admiralty boilers.
Speed ( knots ): 33.
Range ( miles ): 6500 at 13 knots.
Complement: 907.

Guns: 3 x 3 152mm, 4 x 2 100mm, 4 x 2 40mm Bofors AA, 3 x 4 40mm AA, 6 x 2 20mm AA.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 533mm torpedo tubes.

Comment: Ex-HMS Nigeria ( 60 ).

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1965