Galatea

#52 Galatea
Type	Light Cruiser
Rarity	2
Birthday
Nationality	English
Class	Arethusa Class
Modification	Not available

Galatea is a light cruiser based on HMS Galatea (71).

Introduction

HMS Galatea was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland), with the keel being laid down on the 2 June 1933. She was launched on the 9 August 1934, and commissioned 14 August 1935.

Galatea joined the Mediterranean Fleet on commissioning and acted as flagship, Rear Admiral (Destroyers). After the outbreak of war she was ordered home, and between February and March 1940 she took part in the operations to intercept Axis merchantmen attempting to break out of Vigo. In April 1940 she was involved in the Norwegian Campaign, leaving on 25 April transporting part of the Norwegian National Treasury to Britain, and in May joined the Nore Command as Flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron.

On 4 April 1940, the Polish destroyers Burza, Grom and Błyskawica reached their new homebase Rosyth. In the afternoon they left the harbour with Galatea, her sister ship Arethusa and three destroyers. They were ordered to conduct a patrol in the North Sea and were later ordered to intercept German invasion groups heading for Norway.

On 7 September 1940 the code word Cromwell was issued meaning that the Germans might land in Kent at dawn. During that night Galatea was sent to patrol the Straits of Dover but made no contact with the enemy. At dawn while returning to port struck a mine off Sheerness and spent three months in dry dock.

She remained with the Home Fleet (under refit, between October 1940 to January 1941) until May 1941, and was involved in hunting the German battleship Bismarck. In July 1941 she joined the Mediterranean Fleet via the Red Sea, and by November was based at Malta with Force "K", operating against the Axis supply convoys to North Africa.

On 14 December 1941 before midnight Galatea (Captain E.W.B. Sim) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-557 off Alexandria, Egypt. Captain Sim, 22 officers and 447 ratings were killed. Some 100 survivors were picked up by the destroyers Griffin and Hotspur. Less than 48 hours later, U-557 was rammed by the Italian torpedo boat Orione and sunk with all hands.

Data

#52 Galatea
	32		Middle
	17/42		10/50
	14/34		28/58
	24		30/65
	28/68		9/19
	15		2/2/2/0
Consumption
	20		30
Disassembling
5/8/5/0
Enhancement
12/10/7/14
Modification
Level		N/A
Consumption		N/A
Cores		N/A
Equipment
E-Country 6in Guns in twin mounts
N/A
Skill
N/A
Construction
1:05:00
Acquiring
Maps after 2-1
Illustrator		CV
15K		N/A

Illustration

Illustrations

Quotes

• English
• 中文

Event	Quote
Acquisition	Light cruiser Galatea here. Salute, Admiral.
Engagement	After this war ends, the ocean will return to calm. Admiral, I will... never mind.

Event	Quote
Acquisition	轻巡洋舰加拉蒂亚在此。向提督致敬~
Engagement	这场战争结束后，海浪汹涌的大洋就能恢复平静了吧，到那时候，就和提督一起.....没什么！

Trivia

• Same attributes as her sister Arethusa.
• As an enhancement material, 4 attributes of Arethusa-class ships are roughly equal, with anti-air value highest. That makes them best enhancement material in game.

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