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Revision as of 18:06, 8 July 2015

H.M.S. City of Oxford was purchased for use as a dummy battleship and kite balloon ship in the Royal Navy.

Service

Her service as a kite balloon ship began on 17 July, 1915 and ended on 20 November, 1918.[1]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 54.

Bibliography

British Aviation Ships
Experimental Cruiser Platform, 1913
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Through-Deck Carriers
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