(Pacific) HMS Sussex was a Royal Navy County Class cruiser which
served with distinction during WW2. launched in 1926 she was modernised during the mid 1930s where she was retrofitted with a 6-foot-deep (1.8 m) armoured belt, 4.5-inch (110 mm)
thick, amidships, extending down from the armoured deck to 1 foot
below the waterline.
On July the 26th 1945 Sussex
found herself supporting operations on what is now known as Indonesia when she
was attacked by 2 Japanese Kamikazi planes One, a Mitsubishi Ki-51 struck the ship, but
failed to penetrate the ships 4.5inch armour belt.
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Mitsubishi Ki-51
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It did however leave a
mark which allowed the ships crew to know exactly which aircraft had failed to sink it:
