In a message dated 98-01-20 16:37:22 EST, you write:

<< I'm disappointed ... I was sure someone would have some information on Royalist. >>

I missed the original message, but offer the following:

ROYALIST was a modified DIDO class cruiser (four vs five 5.25 mounts) built by
Scotts and completed 10 SEP 43. Following service with the RN, she was
transferred to NZ in 1956 and sold for scrapping in 1967. – Source: British
Cruisers of WWII – Raven and Roberts.

Al Ross II