HMS Calcutta launched on July 9, 1918 at Vickers shipyard, modified for air defense cruiser in 1939, deployed in the Mediterranean.

June 25, 1940, HMS Calcutta in Bordeaux Coast joined the Canadian destroyer HMCS Fraser and HMCS Restigouche to rescue 4000 of the Germans besieged French refugees. However, there were large sea waves resulting in a collision between the Calcutta and Fraser. Fraser eventually sank, 45 crew members were killed, and on the Calcutta 19 people were killed.

HMS Calcutta in June 1, 1941 Battle of Crete, being sunk by German Ju-88 bomber in the north of the Mediterranean waters of Alexandria, Egypt.

SKU 9580208067414
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Type HOBBIES-PLASTIC KITS

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