ROYAL NAVY SOUTH ATLANTIC COMMAND - ROYAL NAVY A B 36 SHIPS
34)BULOLO (ARMED M. CRUISER)
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Completed: 1938
Displacement: 6,400 tons
Length: 412 ft
Beam: 58 ft
Draught: 23 ft
Speed: 17 kts Max
Armament: 7x 152mm, 2x 76mm
AMC Bulolo served in the south Atlantic firstly from January to April 40. From May 40 to November 41 she joined the Freetown Escort Force, returning to her duties in the south Atlantic station from December 41 to March 1942.
She spent much of the time on escort duties travelling between the Americas, South Africa and Britain carrying mainly troops and supplies. Apart from her escort duties Bulolo due to armament and speed, was used to search for German Raiders and in the recapture of Vichy French ships.
