Category:HMS Shropshire (73)

**HMS Shropshire**
	1928 County-class heavy cruiser
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Instance of	heavy cruiser;
Named after	Shropshire;
Country of origin	United Kingdom;
Operator	Royal Navy (1929–1942); Royal Australian Navy (1943–1949); Royal Australian Navy;
Manufacturer	William Beardmore and Company (Dalmuir);
Vessel class	County-class heavy cruiser;
Service entry	24 September 1929;
Significant event	order (1926); keel laying (1927); ship launching (1928); ship breaking (1954); ship commissioning (Royal Navy, 1929); ship decommissioning (1949, Royal Australian Navy); ship decommissioning (Royal Navy, 1942); ship completed (1929); ship commissioning (Royal Australian Navy, 1943);
Nominal power capacity	80,000 ±1 metric horsepower;
Beam	66 ±1 ft;
Draft	21 ±1 ft;
Length	193 ±1 m;
Cruise speed	32 ±1 kn;
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English: The County class heavy cruiser HMS Shropshire served with the Royal Navy from 1929 to 1942, and as HMAS Shropshire with the Royal Australian Navy from 1943 to 1949.

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The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total.

ADEN, YEMEN. 1946. Captain Kath Bonnin (AANS), FLIGHT LT WRIGHT AND LT MAINWARING.jpg 512 × 512; 159 KB
AppendectomyShropshire VirgilReilly.png 2,149 × 1,663; 4.43 MB
AppendectomyShropshire.png 760 × 601; 497 KB
Australian cruisers Morotai 301305.jpg 451 × 342; 47 KB
HMS Shropshire FL5928.jpg 800 × 572; 38 KB
Life on Board the British Cruiser HMS Shropshire. 26 and 27 February 1942, on Board the Cruiser at Chatham and Scapa Flow. A7596.jpg 800 × 611; 88 KB
Life on Board the British Cruiser HMS Shropshire. 26 and 27 February 1942, on Board the Cruiser at Chatham and Scapa Flow. A7597.jpg 800 × 615; 69 KB
HMS Shropshire (73).jpg 769 × 513; 77 KB
HMS Shropshire torpedo.jpg 778 × 580; 49 KB
HMS Shropshire.png 1,046 × 799; 445 KB
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A7599.jpg 800 × 576; 61 KB
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A7964.jpg 800 × 607; 56 KB
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A8066.jpg 510 × 800; 28 KB

Category:HMS Shropshire (73)

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