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HMS Galatea 1940

HMS Aurora  1941

HMS Penelope 1940 

Flyhawk Kits FH1158, FH1157, FH1109S 


Aurora is the 1941 kit version with 3D printed Resin parts, brass guns and masts, and upgrade PE. 
Galatea (circa 1940) is a limited run kit, also has unique resin parts and brass metal upgrades.
Penelope 1940 is the deluxe edition kit also with brass metal upgrades.



All three are British Aerthusa class cruisers that served heroically in WWII. 

* Galatea took part in operations off Norway, then Force K based in Malta which intercepted Axis shipping to North Africa before her fate Dec. 15 1941, sunk by U-557. 

* Aurora took part in the hunts for Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and Bismarck, then joined Force K in Malta against Axis shipping, participated in Operation Torch and then the Salerno landings. After the war she transferred to the Nationalist Chinese Navy.

* Penelope also served in Force K in the Mediterranean, took extensive damage and after repairs joined Operation Avalanche, the Anzio landings, where she was sank by Luftwaffe bombers in Feb. 1944.