Birthday
October 19 1937
Origin
Royal Navy
Gloucester was one of the last batch of three Town-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s. Commissioned shortly before the start of World War II in August 1939, the ship was initially assigned to the China Station and was transferred to the Indian Ocean and later to South Africa to search for German commerce raiders. She was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in mid-1940 and spent much of her time escorting Malta Convoys. Gloucester played minor roles in the Battle of Calabria in 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941. She was sunk by German dive bombers on 22 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete with the loss of 722 men out of a crew of 807. Gloucester acquired the nickname "The Fighting G" after earning five battle honours in less than a year.
Azur Lane (Game)
Azur Lane (碧蓝航线) is a Chinese mobile game developed by Manjuu and Yongshi, published by bilibili for both iOS and Android. Service began on May 25th, 2017 for iOS and June 2nd, 2017 for Android.
