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'''H.M.S. ''Kildonian Castle''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Kildonan Castle''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
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==Captains==
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Kildonan_Castle.htm Transcribed Ship Logs August 1916 to December 1918]  
 
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Revision as of 10:44, 15 January 2015

H.M.S. Kildonan Castle (1899)
Pendant Number: MI.74
MI.34 (Apr 1918)[1]
Launched: c. 1899
Commissioned: 25 Mar, 1916[2]
Decommissioned: 1 Jan, 1919[3]
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H.M.S. Kildonan Castle was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was originally armed with:[4]

  • eight 4.7-in guns

Later:

  • eight 6-in guns

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 995.

Bibliography

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