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



Revision as of 22:24, 8 January 2015

H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle (1910)
Pendant Number: M.62
MI.71 (Jan 1918)
MI.55 (Apr 1918)[1]
Launched: 1910[2]
Commissioned: 4 Sep, 1914[3]
Decommissioned: 12 Jul, 1919[4]
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H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle 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

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.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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