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'''H.M.S. ''Virginian''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]]. | '''H.M.S. ''Virginian''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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H.M.S. Virginian (1904) | |
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Pendant Number: | M.72 MI.95 (Jan 1918) MI.52 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Launched: | 22 Dec, 1904[2] |
Commissioned: | 13 Nov, 1914[3] |
Decommissioned: | 31 Jan, 1920[4] |
Scrapped: | Feb, 1955[5] |
H.M.S. Virginian was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.
She was sister of Victorian.
Service
On 21 August, 1917, U 102 damaged her in a torpedo attack.[6]
She was renamed Drottningholm in 1920.
Armament
She was originally armed with:[7]
- eight 4.7-in guns
- two 6-pdrs
Late:
- six 6-in guns
- two 6-pdrs
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
See Also
- Wikipedia
- Transcribed Ship Logs December 1914 to December 1916
- Transcribed Ship Logs January 1917 to November 1918
Footnotes
Bibliography
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