WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMNZS ACHILLES AND HMS AJAX LIGHT CRUISERS

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HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War, the second of five in the class. Originally constructed by the Royal Navy, she was loaned to New Zealand in 1936 before formally joining 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.

After Second World War service in the Atlantic and Pacific, she was returned to the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1948 and recommissioned as INS Delhi. She was scrapped in 1978. HMS AJAX was also a Leander class cruiser and was more or less identical to Achilles in appearance and armament.

Armament:
8 BL 6 in Mk.XXIII (152 mm L/50) guns, twin turrets Mk.XXI
4 QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm L/45) guns, single mounts HA Mk.IV
12 QF 0.5 in Mk.III Vickers (12.7 mm) machine guns, quad mounts Mk.I
8 (2x4) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo Mk.IX
Armour:
3 in magazine box 1 inch deck

1 inch turrets
Aircraft carried:
Catapult-launched Fairey Seafox
Amphibious Supermarine Walrus
Radio controlled DH.82 Queen Bee