'' Gambia '' was returned to the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on 27 March 1946 . She underwent a refit and was recommissioned on 1 July 1946 for the 5th Cruiser Squadron with the Far East Fleet . She returned to the UK on 6 January 1948 , and in January 1950 she was assigned to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean , later serving with the 1st Cruiser Squadron on the same station until October 1954 . In 1953 , she and her sister brought aid to the Greek island of Zakynthos when it was struck by the Ionian earthquake . Greek officials would later comment , " we Greeks have a long-standing tradition with the Royal Navy and it lived up to every expectation in its infallible tradition of always being the first to help " . In the same year she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Ionian earthquake
1953 Ionian earthquake
HMS Gambia (48)