HMS Colombo on December 18, 1918 in Fairfield Shipbuilding launched . From June 1919 to June 1926, she had joined the Eastern Fleet in the Far East, and he was reassigned to the United States and the West Indies waters. From July 1932 to 1935, she returned to the Eastern Fleet.
Then, in early fall, Colombo Royal Navy Home Fleet was also involved in the pursuit of the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau . She then returned to England again, refurbished by the line, and between August 1940 and June 1942, she continued to return to the Eastern Fleet.
In the June 1942–March 1943 period, the same class of Colombo, along with its sister ship, was converted into an air-defense cruiser and continued to participate in war. HMS Colombo survived the war and was sold on January 22, 1948, at the Cashmore Newport shipyard for dismantling on May 13, 1948.
- Scale: 1/700
- Item Type: Plastic Model Warship Kit
- Model Brief:
- Length: 196mm
- Beam: 18.9mm
- Total Parts: 160+
- Photo Etched Parts: 1 piece
- Total Sprues: 6 sprues, hull, deck and superstructure
- Released Date: 2023-01
- More Features:
- Hull made from multi-directional slide moulds.
- Deck wood pattern finely rendered
- Contains engraved name plate
- Photo-Etched parts included
- Hull made from multi-directional slide moulds.