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* {{HMS|Colombo|D89|2}} was built by Fairfield; she was laid down on 8 December 1917, launched 18 December 1918, and completed in July 1919. She became an AA ship in 1943; she was sold for breaking up on 22 January 1948.

All ships of the class except ''Colombo'' and ''Capetown'' were converted into AA cruisers in 1939, although ''Capetown'' received six 20&nbsp;mm guns and radar. The ships' main armament consisted of eight {{convert|4|in|mm|0|adj=on}} guns in four twin turrets with varying numbers of 20&nbsp;mm Oerlikons being added. ''Colombo'' was finally converted to an AA cruiser in 1942, with her armament consisting of eight {{convert|4|in|mm|0|adj=on}} guns and six 20&nbsp;mm Oerlikons. All the AA cruiser conversions followed a similar pattern to that of [[HMS Curacoa (D41)]].<ref>https://www.world-war.co.uk/Cairo/cairo_class.php3</ref>.

== First World War service ==