HMS Nigeria (60)
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Nigeria |
| Namesake | Nigeria |
| Ordered | 20 December 1937 |
| Builder | Vickers Armstrongs, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down | 8 February 1938 |
| Launched | 18 July 1939 |
| Commissioned | 23 September 1940 |
| Out of service | Sold to Indian Navy as Mysore, 29 August 1957 |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic 1941, Norway 1941, Arctic 1942, Malta Convoys 1942, Sabang 1944, Burma 1944–45 |
| Badge | On a Field barry wavy of six White and Blue within two triangles Green, the Imperial Crown Proper |
| India | |
| Name | Mysore |
| Acquired | 29 August 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 20 August 1985 |
| Identification | Pennant number: C60 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1986 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Fiji-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | 8,530 long tons (8,670 t) (standard) |
| Length | 555 ft 6 in (169.3 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (18.9 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft 10 in (6 m) |
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| Propulsion | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbine sets |
| Speed | 32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph) |
| Range | 6,250 nmi (11,580 km; 7,190 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 733 (peacetime), 900 (wartime) |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × seaplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult, 2 × hangars |
HMS Nigeria (pennant number 60) was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy completed early in World War II and served during that conflict. She was named after the British colony of Nigeria.