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Latest revision as of 17:24, 8 February 2017

H.M.S. Calgarian (1913)
Pendant Number: M.54
MI.58 (Jan 1918)[1]
Launched: Apr, 1913[2]
Commissioned: 22 Sep, 1914[3]
Torpedoed: 1 Mar, 1918[4]
Fate: by U 19

H.M.S. Calgarian was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Captain Robert Gwynne Corbett left Calgarian in September, 1917 when he "admitted intemperance when in cd".[5]

Armament

She was armed with:[6]

  • eight 6-in guns

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401ll'.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  5. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401e.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401e.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401l.
  10. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 400z.
  12. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  13. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 122, 123.

Bibliography

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