HMS Edinburgh (1938)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Edinburgh
- Launch Year
- 1938
- Type
- Cruiser
- Class
- Town-class cruiser
- Pennant Number
- 16
- Launched
- 1938
- Built at
- Armstrong Whitworth
- Commissioned
- 1939
- Armament
- 12 × 6-inch guns
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Light cruiser
- Notable for
- Arctic convoy gold ship
- Fate
- Sunk in 1942
- Status
- Lost
HMS Edinburgh was sunk while carrying gold from the Soviet Union.