Description
HMS Colombo was launched in June 1919.
1926 she had joined the Eastern Fleet in the Far East, he was reassigned to the United States and the West Indies waters.
July 1932 to 1935, she returned to the Eastern Fleet.
Then early fall Colombo Royal Navy Home Fleet, she was also involved in the pursuit of the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
She then returned to England again refurbished by the line, and between August 1940 and June 1942 continue to return to the Eastern Fleet.
June 1942-March 1943 period and the same class of Colombo along with sister ship was converted into air-defense cruiser, and continue to participate at war.
