Of her sister ships two survived the war. On 23 November 1939, while on "Northern Patrol" guarding the GIUK gap, HMS "Rawalpindi" engaged in battle against the German battleships and . She prevented the breakthrough of the ships, but was herself sunk southeast of Iceland in the Iceland-Faroe passage. survived the war and was scrapped at Newport in 1953. was sold to the Admiralty in 1943 and converted to a repair ship. She served in the Royal Navy as a fleet depot ship until 1961, when she was broken up. She took part in the 1956 British invasion of Egypt.