HMS Ceylon, a Fiji class cruiser, was built by Stephens at Govan and completed in 1943. She served in the Pacific until 1945 and in the fifties was engaged in the Korean War, carrying out a number of bombardments. She paid off in 1959 and was sold to the Peruvian Navy, becoming their Coronel Bolognesi, and serving until 1980.

• by John Currin
• 16 January 2024