H.M.S. Victorian (1904)

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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

She was re-commissioned by Commander Frederic Henry Walter on 9 June, 1915, while lying in Liverpool, with officers and men mostly from Caribbean. Walter reported to Admiral Dudley de Chair that “The ship was in a very dirty state, having only recently finished coaling, all the ports and ventilators had been left open. Fireman’s quarters and part of Mess Deck had to be disinfected.”[5]

Armament

She was originally armed with:[6]

  • 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. Commander F.H. Walter to Rear-Admiral Tenth Cruiser Squadron. Quoted in J.D. Grainger, The Maritime Blockade of Germany in the Great War: The Northern Patrol, 1914-1918 (2003).
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401w.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401w.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401z.
  10. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401z.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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