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'''H.M.S. ''Cedric''''' was a commercial liner, R.M.S. ''Cedric'' converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].
 
'''H.M.S. ''Cedric''''' was a commercial liner, R.M.S. ''Cedric'' converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].
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Captain [[Robert Edmund Ross Benson|Robert Benson]] was chastised for grounding ''Cedric'' in the Mersey on 20 November, 1915.  He was cautioned to be more careful in future.<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 240.</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 10 July 2017

H.M.S. Cedric (1902)
Pendant Number: M.74[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Yard Number: 337[3]
Launched: 21 Aug, 1902[4]
Completed: 31 Jan, 1903[5]
Commissioned: 17 Nov, 1914[6]
Decommissioned: 20 Jan, 1916[7]
Scrapped: 1932[8]

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

Service

She commissioned on either 17 November[9] or 4 December, 1914.[10]

Captain Robert Benson was chastised for grounding Cedric in the Mersey on 20 November, 1915. He was cautioned to be more careful in future.[11]

In 1916, she became a troop ship.

Armament

As an A.M.C., Cedric was armed with:[12]

  • eight 6-in guns
  • two 6-pdrs

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. ↑ Wikipedia.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  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. 401g.
  11. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
  12. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  13. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.
  14. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 240.

Bibliography

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