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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Godfrey Edwin Corbett|nick=Godfrey E. Corbett|appt=23 November, 1914<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/142.|D7602483}} f. 152.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 396''h''}}|end=11 November, 1916<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/142.|D7602483}} f. 152.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Godfrey Edwin Corbett|nick=Godfrey E. Corbett|appt=23 November, 1914<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/142.|D7602483}} f. 152.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 396''h''}}|end=11 November, 1916<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/142.|D7602483}} f. 152.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Beckett Hughes|nick=Arthur B. Hughes|appt=11 November, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 396''b''}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Beckett Hughes|nick=Arthur B. Hughes|appt=11 November, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 396''b''}}|end=1 December, 1917}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Beckett Hughes|nick=Arthur B. Hughes|appt=1 February, 1918|end=|note=left when the ship paid off}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:36, 20 September 2017
| H.M.S. Orotava (1889) | |
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| Pendant Number: | M.80 MI.86 (Jan 1918) MI.47 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Purchased: | 31 May, 1915[2] |
| Launched: | c. 1889 |
| Commissioned: | 17 Dec, 1914[3] |
| Decommissioned: | 1 Jan, 1919[4] |
| Broken up: | 1923[5] |
H.M.S. Orotava was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.
Service
Armament
She was armed with:[6]
- five 6-in guns
- two 6-pdr H.A. guns
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Acting Captain Godfrey E. Corbett, 23 November, 1914[7][8] – 11 November, 1916[9]
- Captain Arthur B. Hughes, 11 November, 1916[10] – 1 December, 1917
- Captain Arthur B. Hughes, 1 February, 1918 (left when the ship paid off)
See Also
- Wikipedia
- Transcribed Ship Logs December 1914 to June 1916
- Transcribed Ship Logs July 1916 to November 1917
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401r.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396h.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396b.
Bibliography
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