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| |Ship nameHMS Black Prince |Ship namesakeEdward, the Black Prince |Ship ordered |Ship awarded |Ship builderHarland & Wolff (Belfast Northern Ireland |Ship laid down1 December 1939 |Ship launched27 August 1942 |Ship christened |Ship acquired |Ship commissioned30 November 1943 |Ship decommissionedMarch 1962 |Ship out of serviceLoaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy 25 May 1946 |Ship renamed |Ship reclassified |Ship refit |Ship fateSold for scrap in March 1962, arrived at Mitsui Osaka breakage yards, Japan on 2 May 1962 for breaking up |Ship motto |Ship nickname |Ship honours |Ship notesPennant number 81 }} |Ship nameHMNZS Black Prince |Ship acquired |Ship commissioned17 April 1946 |Ship recommissioned |Ship decommissioned |Ship in service |Ship out of serviceReturned to Royal Navy control on 1 April 1961 |Ship motto |Ship nickname |Ship honours }} between perpendiculars lt;br>length overall |Ship beam |Ship draught |Ship propulsionParsons Marine Steam Turbine Company geared turbines
Four shafts
Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
62,000 shp (46 MW) |Ship speed |Ship range2,414 km (1,500 miles) at 30 knots
6,824 km (4,240 miles) at 16 knots
1,100 tons fuel oil |Ship endurance |Ship complement530 |Ship sensors |Ship EW |Ship armament Original configuration
8 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns
6 x 20 mm dual AA guns
3 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns
2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes Early 1945 - Mid 1946 configuration
8 × 5.25 in (133 mm) (4 × 2)
12 × 2 pdr (1.5 in) pom-poms (3 × 4)
24 × 20 mm AA (8 × 2, 8 × 1)
6 × 21 in (533 mm) Torpedo Tubes (2 × 3) |Ship armor Original configuration
Belt: 3 inch
Deck: 1 inch
Magazines: 2 inch
Bulkheads: 1 inch }} |} HMS Black Prince was a [[Dido class cruiser|Dido -class]] light cruiser of the Royal Navy of the Bellonasubgroup. The cruiser was commissioned in 1943, and served during World War II on the Arctic convoys during the Normandy landings and as part of the British Pacific Fleet In 1946, the cruiser was loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy becoming HMNZS Black Prince . The cruiser was docked for modernisation in 1947, but in April, her sailors walked off the ship as part of a series of [[1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies|mutinies in the RNZN]]. The shortage of manpower resulting from these mutinies meant that the modernisation had to be cancelled, and Black Prince was placed in reserve until 1953. The ship was decommissioned again two years later, and she was returned to the Royal Navy in 1961. Black Princedid not re-enter service, and was towed from Auckland to the Osaka breakage yards for scrapping in 1962

Design and construction

She was a modified Didodesign, sometimes called DidoGroup 2, or the Bellonasubgroup with only four 5.25-inch mounts instead of five, and improved anti-aircraft armament. She was built by Harland & Wolff of Belfast Northern Ireland with her keel being laid down on 1 December 1939.Janes Fighting Ships of World War II, London: Random House ISBN 1-851-70494-9http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4022.html HMS Black Prince at Uboat.net] She was launched on 27 August 1942, and commissioned on 30 November 1943. Black Princewas named after Edward, the Black Prince (1330-1376), the eldest son of King Edward III

Operational history

Royal Navy

After commissioning, Black Princeserved on Arctic convoys and then came south in preparation for the invasion of Europe, being employed on offensive sweeps against German coastal convoy traffic. On the night of 25 and 26 April 1944, accompanied by destroyer , she was involved in the action which sank the torpedo boat German destroyer T29 and damaged German destroyer T24 and German destroyer T27 off the north Brittany coast. During the Normandy landings she was part of Force "A" of Task Force 125 in support of Utah Beach Task Force 125 at this time consisted of the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) the cruisers USS Quincy (CA-71) USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) Black Prince the Monitor (warship) HMS Erebus (I02) and several destroyers and destroyer escorts.http://www.go2war2.nl/artikel/1091/Overlord-Assault-Force-U-Utah.htm Go2War2.nl - Overlord, Assault Force U (Utah)]Black Princes target was the battery at Morsalines Buffetaut Y. (1994). D-Day Ships London: Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0-85177-639-6http://www.jeroenkoppes.com/ww2/ships/hms_blackprince.asp HMS Black Prince] In August, she moved to the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II for the Operation Dragoon http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CL-BlackPrince.htm Naval-History.net - HMS Black Prince] She was then sent to Aegean Sea waters in September 1944. On 8 September, Black Princearrived in Alexandria, Egypt where she was ordered to sweep the area around Scarpanto and the Gulf of Salonica On one occasion she bombarded the airfield at Maleme on the island of Crete to prevent German aircraft from taking off. On 21 November 1944, Black Princeleft Alexandria, passed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea and then on into the Indian Ocean She arrived at Colombo in Ceylon on 30 November to join the British Pacific Fleet where she covered the aircraft carrier raids against Japan se oil installations and airfields in Sumatra and British Malaya (Operation Meridian . On 16 January 1945, she sailed as part of the British Pacific Fleet seeing action off Okinawa and in the final bombardments of the Japanese mainland before withdrawing to repossess Hong Kong in September.

Royal New Zealand Navy

After the Japanese surrender, she remained in the Far East and was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 25 May 1946. During 1947, the cruiser was docked for modernisation, but this was cancelled following a series of 1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies in April (which included the sailors from Black Prince, as the RNZN no longer had the manpower to operate her.lt;/ref> Black Princewas placed in reserve. Work on reactivating the ship began in January 1952, and she was recommissioned in February 1953.lt;/ref> The cruiser was decommissioned again in August 1955, and reverted to Royal Navy control, still in an un-modernised condition,on 1 April 1961.

Fate

She was sold for scrap in March 1962 and towed from Auckland on 5 April to the Mitsui Osaka breakage yards Japan by the tug Japanese tug Benten Maru arriving there on 2 May 1962.

Notes

References

* *http://www.world-war.co.uk/index.php3 WWII cruisers] *http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4022.html HMS Black Prince at Uboat.net] Category:Dido class cruisers of the Royal Navy Category:Belfast-built ships Category:1942 ships Category:World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom Category:Dido class cruisers of the Royal New Zealand Navy ja:ブラック・プリンス (軽巡洋艦) fi:HMS Black Prince (81)