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H.M.S. Calypso (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | 24 (Jan 1918) 82 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
Ordered: | Dec, 1915[3] |
Laid down: | 7 Feb, 1916[4] |
Launched: | 24 Jan, 1917[5] |
Commissioned: | Jun, 1917[6] |
Torpedoed: | 12 Jun, 1940[7] |
Fate: | by Template:IT-Bagnolini |
Service
Calypso was completed on the Tyne in June 1917 and two months later in August she was fitted with a director.[8] This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[9]
At the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, a 5.9-in shell hit on her C.T. forced in an Electro-Pneumatic firing push and thereby caused her to fire a ready torpedo. This quirk inspired issuance of a Torpedo Order to keep safety pins or push covers in place until the moment before firing.[10]
Refitting and Recommissioning
In June 1927 Calypso sailed to Chatham Dock where she was refitted and was recommissioned in August before returning to the Third Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Herbert L. Edwards, 23 May, 1917[12]
- Captain Arthur J. Davies, November, 1917[13] (temporary, pending arrival of Thesiger)
- Captain Bertram S. Thesiger, November, 1917[14]
- Captain Claude Seymour, August, 1919[15]
- Captain Claude Seymour, 1 September, 1920[16]
- Captain Herbert A. Buchanan-Wollaston, September, 1921[17]
- Captain Charles A. Robertson-Scott, December, 1922[18]
- Captain Colin A. M. Sarel, January, 1925[19]
- Captain John F. Finlayson, January, 1926[20]
- Captain Brian Egerton, 3 January, 1927[21]
- Captain Norman A. Wodehouse, December, 1928[22]
- Captain THE HONOURABLE George Fraser, October, 1930[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 26, 1928; pg. 8; Issue 45008.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. 1/5/1918, p. 40.
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 12, 1927; pg. 8; Issue 44658.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392b.
- ↑ Davies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 413.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 748.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 739.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
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