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



Revision as of 17:43, 14 January 2015

H.M.S. Orbita (1914)
Pendant Number: MI.A
MI.84 (Jan 1918)
MI.59 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff
Yard Number: 440[2]
Launched: 7 Jul, 1914[3]
Completed: 31 Jul, 1915[4]
Commissioned: 21 Jun, 1915[5]
Decommissioned: 12 Aug, 1919[6]
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H.M.S. Orbita was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[7]

  • six 6-in guns

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  2. Wikipedia.
  3. Wikipedia.
  4. Wikipedia.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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