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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Sidney Arthur Geary Hill|nick=Sidney A. G. Hill|appt=3 August, 1914{{NLDec16|p. 401''k''}}|ass=late May, 1915<ref>Captain Gillett left the shipon 26th.  Gillett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 123.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. Armadale Castle (1903)
Pendant Number: MI.56 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Yard Number: 424[3]
Launched: 11 Aug, 1903[4]
Requisitioned: 2 Aug, 1914[5]
Commissioned: 7 Aug, 1914[6]
Decommissioned: 11 Sep, 1919[7]
Scrapped: 1936[8]

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

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[9]

  • eight 4.7-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. ↑ Wikipedia.
  4. ↑ Wikipedia.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 988.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  8. ↑ Wikipedia.
  9. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401d.
  11. ↑ Gillett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 123.
  12. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401k.
  14. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  15. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  16. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 327.
  17. ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
  18. ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
  19. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 988.
  21. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.

Bibliography

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