HMS SPARTAN, Dido Class Light Cruiser, sunk by a radio-controlled Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided missile on the 29 January 1944.

HMS Spartan was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only four turrets but improved anti-aircraft armament – also known as Dido Group 2. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Barrow-in-Furness, UK), with the keel being laid down on 21 December 1939.[1][2] She was launched on 27 August 1942,[1][2] commissioned on 12 July 1943 and completed on 10 August 1943
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