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Revision as of 16:30, 26 April 2018

H.M.S. Victorian (1904)
Pendant Number: M.56
MI.94 (Jan 1918)
MI.51 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Workman Clark & Company
Launched: 25 Aug, 1904[2]
Commissioned: 21 Aug, 1914[3]
Decommissioned: 31 Jan, 1920[4]
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H.M.S. Victorian was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was originally armed with:[5]

  • eight 4.7-in guns

Later:

  • six 6-in guns

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 121.
  2. Wikipedia.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401v.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 121.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401w.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401w.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401z.
  9. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401z.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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