Hawkins class cruiser

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The Hawkins class was a class of five heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy, built in the late 1910s. The class is also known as the Cavendish class. The ships were improved versions of the Birmingham class.

Ships

• Hawkins was launched in 1917, and served in World War II as a convoy escort.
• Vindictive was laid down as the cruiser Cavendish, redesigned as an aircraft carrier, launched on 17 January, 1918, then converted back to a cruiser in 1923–1925. She served as a training ship, and in World War II as a base and repair ship. She was scrapped in 1945.
• Raleigh was launched in 1919. On August 8, 1922 she ran aground on Point Amour, Forteau Bay, Labrador, Canada in thick fog. She remained upright for four years, until she was blown up in September 1926.
• Frobisher was launched in 1920, and served in World War II as a convoy escort and a depot ship for the Normandy landings. She was broken up in 1949.
• Effingham was launched in 1921, and converted to a light cruiser in 1937. She was grounded and wrecked near Bodo, Norway on 18 May 1940 and destroyed by gunfire three days later.