The Probert Encyclopaedia of Ships

ROYALIST

HMS Royalist was a British Dido Class cruiser of 5700 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Royalist was powered by four Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. Armaments consisted of eight 5.25-inch guns, 40 mm and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples. She carried a complement of 551.
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