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An uncertain torpedo-hit tally for HMS Belfast

Belfast is suggested as a candidate for British cruiser torpedo hits, but uncertain attribution and the absence of a confirmed total prevent a settled ranking.

Question

Which British cruiser delivered the most torpedo hits during the Second World War?

Short answer

Belfast is suggested, with other Town-class cruisers also considered. The passage provides no confirmed total sufficient to establish a winner.

Notes

Hits delivered, hits received, and hits survived are different measures, and the question is clarified as asking about torpedoes delivered. Belfast is offered as a tentative candidate alongside other Town-class cruisers. The suggested ranking depends on reconstructed claims about surface actions and on whether particular torpedoes actually struck. No confirmed total or action-by-action comparison is supplied, so the proposed leader remains uncertain. The separate remarks about damage survived should not be treated as verification of a particular torpedo strike on Belfast.