Officer on the cruiser describes Ceylons bombardment as relatively brief, as the Egyptian batteries did not return fire. Later in the operation Ceylon served as an air direction picket, having been withdrawn for political reasons and the cruiser Jamaica lacking modern air warning and aircraft direction equipment. Between 1956 and 1959 she served in the Mediterranean Fleet, Home Fleet and East of Suez. Peruvian service On 18 December 1959, she returned to Portsmouth and was sold to Peru the same month. The disposal of the Ceylon, only three years after its modernisation, came as a shock to its last captain, Frank Twiss. On 9 February 1960, she was transferred to the Peruvian Navy and renamed . The sale of her and Newfoundland, while the older Colony and Town cruisers – , , and remained in service or reactivable reserve until the election of a Labour Government in 1964, probably reflected a good price on the sale to Peru and the need for cuts to save the Tiger class. The fact Newfoundland and Ceylon under different names remained in Peruvian service till the 1980s meant some crucial parts for the maintenance of the Tigers were obtained from Peru in the 1970s. She spent over twenty years with the Peruvians until she was finally deleted from the Navy List in May 1982, and towed to Taiwan in August 1985 to be scrapped. Notes References External links WWII cruisers HMS Ceylon at Uboat.net IWM Interview with Cromwell Lloyd-Davies, who commanded HMS Ceylon from 1950 to 1951 Crown Colony-class cruisers of the Royal Navy Ships built in Govan 1942 ships World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom Cold War cruisers of the United Kingdom Korean War cruisers of the United Kingdom