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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denis Burke Crampton|nick=Denis B. Crampton|appt=4 August, 1914<ref>Crampton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602646}} f. 350.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 401''m''}}|end=6 April, 1915<ref>Crampton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602646}} f. 350.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Maurice Dorsett Evans|nick=Maurice D. Evans|appt=18 September, 1918|end=c. 10 January, 1919}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Maurice Dorsett Evans|nick=Maurice D. Evans|appt=18 September, 1918|end=c. 10 January, 1919}}
 
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Revision as of 11:53, 10 January 2019

H.M.S. Kinfauns Castle (1899)
Pendant Number: M.64[1]
Launched: 1899
Commissioned: 5 Aug, 1914[2]
: 1927

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

Service

Commissioned on either 5[3] or 8 August, 1914.[4]

Sje ended her service as an A.M.C. on 16 September 1915. Conversion to a minelayer started 13 July 1918.[5]

Armament

She was armed with:[6]

  • eight 4.7-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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401n.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  7. ↑ Crampton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 350.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401m.
  9. ↑ Crampton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 350.

Bibliography

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