HMS Galatea (71)

HMS Galatea markii la dhammaystiray, qiyaastii 1935
History
United Kingdom
Magaca	HMS Galatea
Magacaabaha	Galatea
Dhisaha	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
La dhigay	2 Juun 1933
La daahfuray	9 Agoosto 1934
La wakiishay	14 Agoosto 1935
Aqoonsi	Pennant number: 71
Aayaheeda	Wuxuu ku degay Template:GS meel u dhow Alexandria 14 Diseembar 1941
General characteristics
Fasalka & nooca	Arethusa-class light cruiser
Barakicinta	5,220 tan oo caadi ah 6,665 tan oo buuxa
Dhererka	506 ft (154 m)
Ballaca	51 ft (16 m)
Qoto-dheerida	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	Afar Parsons geared steam turbines Afar Admiralty 3-drum oil-fired boilers Afar shafts 64,000 shp
Xawaaraha	32 knots (59 km/h)
Baaxadda	Aan la aqoon; 1,325 tan oo shidaal saliid ah
Isku-dhafka	500
Hubka	Qaabkii asalka ahaa: 6 × BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns 4 x 4-inch (102 mm) Mk V qoryo AA ah 2 x 0.5 in quadruple machine guns 2 x 21 inch (533 mm) triple torpedo tubes Qaabkii Oktoobar 1940 – Diseembar 1941: 3 x 6 in (152 mm) dual guns, 4 x 4 in (102 mm) dual AA guns, 2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns, 8 x 20 mm Oerlikon (0.8 in) single guns, 2 x 2-pounder(40 mm) "pom-pom" quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple torpedo tubes.
Gaashaanka	Qaabkii asalka ahaa: 1 ilaa 3 inji – magazine protection 2.25 inji – belt 1 inji – deck, turrets and bulkheads
Diyaaradaha la qaaday	Hal diyaarad (ka dibna laga saaray).

HMS Galatea wuxuu ahaa Arethusa-class light cruiser oo ka tirsan Royal Navy. Waxaa dhistay shirkadda Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland), iyadoo keel-ka la dhigay 2 Juun 1933. Waxaa la daahfuray 9 Agoosto 1934, waxaana la hawlgeliyay 14 Agoosto 1935.

Taariikhda

Galatea wuxuu ku biiray Mediterranean Fleet markii la hawlgeliyay, marka laga reebo muddadii u dhaxaysay Maarso ilaa Sebteembar 1938 wuxuu ahaa flagship, Rear Admiral (Destroyers). Isagoo ku sugan Malta, markii uu bilaabmay dagaalkii sokeeye ee Spain wuxuu ka qayb qaatay roondooyinkii wadajirka ahaa ee fulinayay siyaasadda faragelin la'aanta, mararka qaarkood isagoo iskaashi la leh German cruiser Deutschland iyo Italian destroyers. Ka dib waxaa la geeyay Alexandria, wuxuuna ku jiray feejignaan intii lagu guda jiray duullaankii Talyaaniga ee Abissynia. Horraantii ilaa badhtamihii 1938 markabka ayaa lagu sameeyay dayactir Devonport. Waxaa dib loo hawlgeliyay Mediterranean-ka, waxaana la geeyay Malta iyo Alexandria. 29 Maarso 1939 gudaha Gandia Galatea wuxuu saaray hoggaamiyihii National Defence Council colonel Segismundo Casado iyo kooxdiisii; maalintii xigtay wuxuu dhoofay, 31 Maarso Casado waxaa loo wareejiyay markabkii isbitaalka Maine.

Ka dib markii uu bilaabmay Second World War waxaa loo amaray inuu guriga ku laabto, intii u dhaxaysay Febraayo iyo Maarso 1940 wuxuu ka qayb qaatay hawlgalladii lagu joojinayay Axis merchantmen oo isku dayayay inay ka baxaan Vigo. 4 Abriil 1940, Polish destroyers Template:ORP, Template:ORP iyo Template:ORP waxay gaareen saldhigoodii cusbaa Rosyth. Galabtii waxay ka tageen dekedda Galatea, markabka ay walaalaha yihiin ee Arethusa iyo saddex destroyer. Waxaa lagu amray inay roondo ku sameeyaan North Sea waxaana markii dambe lagu amray inay joojiyaan kooxaha duullaanka Jarmalka ee ku sii jeeday Norway. Abriil 1940 wuxuu ka qayb qaatay Norwegian Campaign, isagoo ka tagay 25 Abriil isagoo qaadaya qayb ka mid ah Norwegian National Treasury oo loo waday Britain, bishii Maajo wuxuu ku biiray Nore Command isagoo ah Flagship-ka 2nd Cruiser Squadron. Isagoo gaaray Åndalsnes dhammaadkii Abriil ciidamo u waday ololihii Norway, wuxuu ku soo laabtay Rosyth isagoo wata 200 oo sanduuq oo dahab ah, mid kastaa miisaankiisu yahay 40 kilograms (88 lb), oo ka yimid Norwegian national treasury.

Juun 1940 wuxuu ka qayb qaatay Operation Aerial oo ahaa daadgureynta ciidamada ka socday Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, oo ay ku jireen Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, Danjiraha Britain ee France. 7 Sebteembar 1940 calaamaddii "Cromwell" ayaa la soo saaray taas oo macnaheedu ahaa in Jarmalku ay ku degi karaan Kent waaberigii. Habeenkaas Galatea waxaa loo diray inay roondo ku sameeyaan Straits of Dover laakiin cadowga kama aysan hor iman. Waaberigii markii uu dekedda ku soo laabanayay wuxuu ku dhacay naval mine meel u dhow Sheerness wuxuuna saddex bilood ku qaatay dry dock.

Wuxuu la sii joogay Home Fleet (dayactir lagu sameeyay, intii u dhaxaysay Oktoobar 1940 ilaa Janaayo 1941) ilaa Maajo 1941, wuxuuna ka qayb qaatay ugaarsiga German battleship Bismarck. Luulyo 1941 wuxuu ku biiray Mediterranean Fleet iyadoo la sii marayo Red Sea, bishii Noofambarna wuxuu saldhig u ahaa Malta isagoo la socda Force "K", wuxuuna ka hawlgelayay ka hortagga safarada sahayda ee Axis ee ku sii jeeday North Africa.

Aayahii

15 Diseembar 1941 ka hor saqda dhexe Galatea waxaa lagu dhuftay torbiito wuxuuna ku degay German submarine U-557 meel u dhow Alexandria, Egypt, iyadoo ay ku dhinteen 470 shaqaale ah. Qiyaastii 100 ka mid ah badbaadayaasha ayaa waxaa soo badbaadiyay destroyer-kii Griffin iyo Hotspur. In ka yar 48 saacadood ka dib, U-557 waxaa ku dhacay Italian torpedo boat Orione wuxuuna ku degay dhammaan dadkii saarnaa.

Tixraacyo

• Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• Friedman, Norman (2010). British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59114-078-8.
• Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1980). British Cruisers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-922-7.
• Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
• Whitley, M. J. (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell. ISBN 1-86019-874-0.

Xiriirinta dibadda

• HMS Galatea bogga xusuusta
• HMS Galatea at naval-history.net
  • Liiska dhibbanayaasha
• HMS Galatea at Uboat.net