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


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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Latest revision as of 12:55, 10 August 2017

H.M.S. Gloucestershire (1910)
Pendant Number: MI.87
MI.72 (Jan 1918)
MI.38 (Apr 1918)[1]
Launched: 1910[2]
Commissioned: 20 Dec, 1915[3]
Decommissioned: 24 Jul, 1919[4]
:

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

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[5]

  • eight 6-in guns
  • two 3-pdrs

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  2. ↑ This date is approximate
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  6. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/292. f. 321.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401d.
  8. ↑ Stanley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/292. f. 321.
  9. ↑ Ship's Log
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 994.

Bibliography

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