| Name: | UGANDA |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 20/07/1939 |
| Launched: | 07/08/1941 |
| Completed: | 03/01/1943 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 17 |
| Dimensions: | 8875disp - 10850disp, 538.0 x 62.0 x 17.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 72500shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 33.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 3 x 6.0ins guns, 5 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 4 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 10 x 2 x 20mm AA guns; |
| 2 x 3 x 21ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 03/01/1943 | British Royal Navy |
| 21/10/1944 | Royal Canadian Navy; renamed QUEBEC |
| 06/02/1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Ceylon sub group of the Crown Colony class |
| 13/09/1943: Damaged by a German Glide bomb near Malta | |
| Towed to Malta for temporary repairs. | |
| 27/11/1943: Arrived at Charleston Navy Base USA for permanent repairs | |
| The only RCN ship to take an active part against the Japanese while serving | |
| with the British Pacific Fleet | |
| 06/02/1961: Broken up at Osaka, Japan |
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Above photo as UGANDA is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
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Above photo as QUEBEC is courtesy of Photoship