Description: HMS MAURITIUS AUGUST 1942 HMS Mauritius was a Crown Colony class light cruiser, commissioned on 4th January 1940.She joined the Eastern Fleet in 1942, but was withdrawn in April 1943 to reinforce the Mediterranean Fleet. After repairs following grounding, she was operational in June 1943 and thereafter participated in the landings in Sicily when she carried out shore bombardment duties.In September she was part of the covering force for the Salerno landings but by the end of the year had been transferred to the Bay of Biscay to carry out anti-blockade-runner patrols. However, she soon returned to the Mediterranean, this time for the Anzio landings in January 1944. In June 1944 she covered the Normandy landings as part of Force D off Sword Beach, then carried out offensive patrols of the Brittany coast in August to mop up the remnants of the German shipping in the area.Operating with destroyers, she sank a German minesweeper on 14/15 August and during the battle of Battle of Audierne Bay sank five German patrol boats on 22/23 August. After this she returned to the Home Fleet, covering the carrier raids along the Norwegian coast and making anti-shipping strikes herself. On the night of 27/28 January 1945, in company with the cruiser HMS Diadem, she fought and action with German destroyers and badly damaged one. Following this action she was refitted between February 1945 and March 1946.She then served in the Mediterranean, returning to the UK in 1948. After a spell in reserve and in refit, she recommissioned in 1949 for the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, sailing on 6 May 1949. However, the years 1949 to 1951 were spent on the East Indies Station with the 4th Cruiser Squadron until she returned to Chatham on 18 December 1951.Mauritius was placed in reserve in 1952 and remained there until 1965, when she was sold for scrap 6 x 4 ins PHOTO HIGH QUALITY GLOSS PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A QUALITY MODERN COPY IN PRISTINE CONDITION
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