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Revision as of 10:26, 24 May 2018

H.M.S. Canning (1896)
Pendant Number: Y4.46 (1915)
N.16 (Jan 1918)[1]
Purchased: 28 Jun, 1915[2]
Launched: 1896[3]
Commissioned: 29 Jun, 1915[4]
Decommissioned: 27 Jun, 1916[5]
Sold: 21 Jan, 1920[6]

H.M.S. Canning was a hired transport in the Royal Navy from May 1915 before being purchased on 28 June, 1915. Eventually, she was used as a kite balloon ship.

Service

Served in the Mediterranean in 1915-16. Worked from Scapa Flow in 1916-18 before being assigned to the Flying Squadron in November, 1918.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 54.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 54.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 54.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 54.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 54.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 54.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 54.
  8. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392d.
  9. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 751.

Bibliography

British Aviation Ships
Experimental Cruiser Platform, 1913
Hermes
Seaplane Carriers from Converted Steamers
Ark Royal Empress Riviera Engadine Campania Pegasus
Ben-my-Chree Vindex Manxman Nairana Vindictive
Seaplane Carriers from Seized German Steamers
Anne Raven II
Flat Decked Conversions
Argus Furious
Through-Deck Carriers
Eagle Hermes
Kite Balloon Ships
Canning City of Oxford Hector Manica Menelaus