| Name: | MAURITIUS |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 04/04/1938 |
| Launched: | 19/07/1939 |
| Completed: | 13/12/1940 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1565 |
| Dimensions: | 8525disp - 10890disp, 538.0 x 62.0 x 16.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 80000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 33.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 3 x 6.0ins, 4 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 2 x 4 x 2prd, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins guns; |
| 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes; 1 x depth charge rail; 2 x aircraft | |
| History: | |
| 13/12/1940 | British Royal Navy |
| 27/03/1965 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Fiji or Crown Colony class |
| 27/03/1965: Broken up by TW Ward Ltd at Inverkeithing |
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