Service
The Arethusas proved to be very satisfactory in service and their hull was adapted for the Dido class of 1937. All had a very active war especially in the Mediterranean and the two that were lost were torpedoed while working close inshore. Arethusa had a narrow escape in November 1942 when she was hit by an air-dropped torpedo. She caught fire, had two of her three turrets out of action and was badly flooded. However she survived to be repaired at Charleston in the USA.
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“We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.”
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