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Did Town-class cruisers retain their torpedoes longer?

Some Towns retained torpedoes late, with Belfast tentatively remembered as the last to lose them.

HMS Belfast Naval Torpedoes Town Class Light Cruisers (1936)

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Question

Did Town-class cruisers retain their torpedoes longer?

Short answer

Some did; Belfast is tentatively remembered as the last to lose them.

Notes

Some Town-class cruisers were among the last British cruisers to retain torpedoes. Belfast is remembered as possibly the last, with the recollection explicitly open to correction.