Ships
| Ship | Pennant Number | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arethusa | 26 | Chatham Royal Dockyard | 25 January 1933 | 6 March 1934 | 21 May 1935 | Sold for scrapping 1950 |
| Galatea | 71 | Scotts, Greenock | 2 June 1933 | 9 August 1934 | 3 September 1935 | Torpedoed by German U-boat U-557 off Alexandria, 15 December 1941 |
| Penelope | 97 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 30 May 1934 | 15 October 1935 | 12 November 1936 | Torpedoed by German U-boat U-410 off Anzio 18 February 1944 |
| Aurora | 12 | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard | 23 July 1935 | 20 August 1936 | 8 November 1937 | Transferred to Nationalist China as Chungkinh 1950, captured by Communist China as Tchoungking 1949, Hsuang Ho 1951, Pei Ching 1951, Kuang Chou 1958, later hulked |
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