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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Calypso'' (1917)|fate2=by Italian sub ''Bagnolini''
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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Calypso'' (1917)|fate2=by {{IT-Bagnolini}}
 
|comm=Jun, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
 
|comm=Jun, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
 
|fatedate=12 Jun, 1940{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
 
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|name=Calypso
 
|name=Calypso
 
|launch=24 Jan, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
 
|launch=24 Jan, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
|builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
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|builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
 
|laid=7 Feb, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
 
|laid=7 Feb, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
 
|fate=Torpedoed
 
|fate=Torpedoed
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At the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]], a 5.9-in shell hit on her {{CT}} 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.{{GFGTO|1/5/1918, p. 40}}
 
At the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]], a 5.9-in shell hit on her {{CT}} 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.{{GFGTO|1/5/1918, p. 40}}
  
==Refitting and Recommissioning==
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''Calypso'' re-commissioned on 22 January, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 221}}
In June 1927 ''Calypso'' sailed to [[Chatham Royal Dockyard|Chatham Dock]] where she was refitted and was recommissioned in August before returning to the Third Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Aug 12, 1927; pg. 8; Issue 44658.</ref>
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In June 1927 ''Calypso'' sailed to [[Chatham Royal Dockyard|Chatham Dock]] where she was refitted and was recommissioned in August before returning to the {{UK-CS|3}}, Mediterranean.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Aug 12, 1927; pg. 8; Issue 44658.</ref>
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 5 November, 1929 for duty with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 220}}
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 12 May, 1932 under the command of [[Guy Onslow Lydekker]].{{NLJan33|p. 219}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Calypso''">
*{{CaptRN}} [[Herbert McIver Edwards]], May, 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Laurence Edwards|nick=Herbert L. Edwards|appt=23 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''b''}}|end=17 November, 1917|note=died at the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Bertram Sackville Thesiger|Bertram S. Thesiger]], November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (February, 1919)p. 748.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Davies|nick=Arthur J. Davies|appt=November, 1917<ref>Davies Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=temporary, pending arrival of [[Bertram Sackville Thesiger|Thesiger]]}}
*Captain [[Claude Seymour]], August, 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 748}}<ref>Thesiger Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|note=and as Second in Command, {{UK-LCS|6}}|end=September, 1919<ref>Thesiger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Claude Seymour]], 1 September, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920)p. 739.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Seymour|nick=Claude Seymour|appt=27 September, 1919<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>|end=29 September, 1921<ref>Seymour Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston]], September, 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston|nick=Herbert A. Buchanan-Wollaston|appt=20 September, 1921<ref>Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 115.</ref>|end=December, 1922<ref>Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 115.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott]], December 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott|nick=Charles A. Scott|appt=31 December, 1922<ref>Scott Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/203.|D7603455}} f. 207.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 731}}|end=January, 1925<ref>Scott Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/203.|D7603455}} f. 207.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel|Colin A. M. Sarel]], January, 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel|nick=Colin A. M. Sarel|appt=22 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 221}}|end=3 February, 1926}}
*Captain [[John Francis Finlayson|John F. Finlayson]], January, 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Francis Finlayson|nick=John F. Finlayson|appt=3 February, 1926|end=c. 22 January, 1927<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Brian Egerton]], 3 January, 1927.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=3 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 221}}<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.</ref>|ass=c. 22 January, 1927<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>|end=22 October, 1928<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Norman Atherton Wodehouse]], December, 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Lushington Coleridge|nick=Guy L. Coleridge|appt=20 August, 1929<ref>Coleridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|end=17 October, 1929<ref>Coleridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>}}
*Captain {{HON}} [[George Fraser]], October, 1930.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Atherton Wodehouse|nick=Norman A. Wodehouse|appt=November, 1929<ref>Wodehouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/150.}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=17 November, 1930<ref>Wodehouse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/150.}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=27 October, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 220}}<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>|ass=17 November, 1930<ref>Wodehouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/150.}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=17 October, 1932<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Onslow Lydekker|nick=Guy O. Lydekker|appt=12 May, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 219}}{{NavAppts|Saturday, May 14, 1932, Issue 46133, p.12}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Allen|nick=Charles H. Allen|appt=24 July, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 220}}|end=2 April, 1935|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred William Sprott|nick=Alfred W. Sprott|appt=30 August, 1935|end=22 February, 1936|note=temporary, upon her reducing}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lancelot Vivian Donne|nick=Lancelot V. Donne|appt=22 February, 1936<ref>Donne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/88.|}} f. 88.</ref>|end=22 July, 1936<ref>Donne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/88.|}} f. 88.</ref>|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=22 July, 1936|end=19 April, 1937|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Arthur Charles Pakenham|nick=Thomas A. C. Pakenham|appt=19 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 221}}|end=11 January, 1938}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Robert Irving Irving|nick=George R. I. Irving|appt=|end=8 July, 1938|note=remained in ship after Musters arrived}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=8 July, 1938|end=c. September, 1938|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=1 October, 1938|end=16 October, 1938}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Newton James Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Newton J. W. William-Powlett|appt=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=December, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=12 June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Calypso.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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{{CatShipLostTorpedo|UK}}

Revision as of 08:54, 23 October 2019

H.M.S. Calypso (1917)
Pendant Number: 24 (Jan 1918)
82 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[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]

Calypso re-commissioned on 22 January, 1925.[11]

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.[12]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 5 November, 1929 for duty with the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[13]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 12 May, 1932 under the command of Guy Onslow Lydekker.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 26, 1928; pg. 8; Issue 45008.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. 1/5/1918, p. 40.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 221.
  12. The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 12, 1927; pg. 8; Issue 44658.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 220.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 219.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392b.
  16. Davies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 413.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 748.
  18. Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  19. Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  20. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  21. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  22. Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 115.
  23. Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 115.
  24. Scott Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/203. f. 207.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 731.
  26. Scott Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/203. f. 207.
  27. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 221.
  28. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/46. f. 194.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 221.
  30. The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.
  31. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/46. f. 194.
  32. Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  33. Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  34. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/150. f. ?.
  35. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/150. f. ?.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 220.
  37. Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  38. Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 219.
  40. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 14, 1932, Issue 46133, p.12.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 220.
  42. Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  43. Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  44. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
  45. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  46. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  47. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  48. 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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