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In 1941, ''Calcutta'' and ''Carlisle'' took part in the [[Battle of Cape Matapan]], in which a number of [[Military history of Italy during World War II|Italian]] warships were sunk. C-class cruisers also took part in the [[Battle of Crete|campaign and evacuation of Crete]], coming up against heavy [[Military history of Germany during World War II|German]] opposition from the air. In 1942, ''Carlisle'' took part in the [[Second Battle of Sirte]], and ''Cairo'' in the [[Operation Harpoon (1942)|Battle of Pantelleria]].

''Colombo'' and ''Caledon'' went in for their refits in 1942/431942–1943 – getting 40 mm Bofors and 20 mm Oerlikons alongside the twin mounts. In 1943, ''Carlisle'' was badly damaged by German aircraft, but did not sink. She became a base ship in Alexandria Harbour until 1945.

In 1943, ''Carlisle'' was badly damaged by German aircraft, but did not sink. She became a base ship in Alexandria Harbour until 1945.

''Capetown'' provided support to the [[Normandy Landings]] in 1944, bombarding German positions.

[[File:HMS Caroline 1914.jpg|right|thumb|HMS ''Caroline'' sporting her three flags (From left to right) [[Union Flag]], [[Commodore (RN)|Commodore]] [[Royal Naval Reserve|RNR]]'s [[Rank flag]], [[White Ensign|Flag of the Royal Navy (White Ensign)]]]]

Six ships of the C class were lost during the war:,

''Curlew'' was sunk by German aircraft off [[Narvik]] during the Norwegian campaign on 26 May 1940;

''Calypso'' was sunk by the Italian submarine {{ship|Italian submarine|Alpino Bagnolini||2}} on 12 June 1940;

''Calcutta'' was attacked and sunk by German aircraft during the evacuation of Crete on 1 June 1941;

''Cairo'' was sunk on 12 August 1942 by the {{ship|Italian submarine|Axum||2|up=yes}} during [[Operation Pedestal]] (the pivotal resupply of Malta);

''Coventry'' was badly damaged by [[Luftwaffe|German aircraft]] while covering a raid on [[Tobruk]] on 14 September 1942, forcing the destroyer {{HMS|Zulu|F18|6}} to scuttle her; and

''Curacoa'' was sunk after colliding with the ocean liner {{RMS|Queen Mary}} on 2 October 1942.

== The survivor ==