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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Caledon'' (1916)|fate2=Broken up
|comm=Mar, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
|fatedate=Jan, 1948{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
|order=Dec, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
|name=Caledon
|launch=25 Nov, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
|builder=[[Cammell Laird]]{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
|laid=17 Mar, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 60}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=69 (Apr 1917)<br>22 (Jan 1918)<br>65 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 47}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
'''H.M.S. ''Caledon''''' was launched in 1916 &mdash; one of four light cruisers of [[Caledon Class Cruiser (1916)|her class]].

==Service==

''Caledon'' was fitted with a director in June, 1917.  This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}  Following successful tests in {{UK-Yarmouth}} that same month, ''Caledon'' was one of three other light cruisers to receive a flying-off platform on her forecastle for a Sopwith Pup some few weeks later.{{DittColl|p. 53}}

She fought in the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]] in November 1917 under the command of [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Walter H. Cowan]], leading the {{UK-LCS|1}}.  Screening {{UK-BCS|1}} with her squadron, she chased an assortment of enemy minesweepers and light cruisers through smoke screens. Reaching the enemy's heavy support force, she came under fire of the German battleships {{DE-Kaiser}} and {{DE-Kaiserin}}. V. B. Ash recorded the result of a 12-in shell, luckily a dud, which hit near his post in the wireless room:{{KentSignal|pp. 260, 261}}

<blockquote>''I was in a silent cabinet with the phones on, so what with the fearful noise of No. 4 gun just above, I did not know we had been hit!  The Paymaster Commander, in the coding room next door, heard it all right and dashed up on deck to see what had happened.  Back down, he saw me still at my post sending and receiving messages, as a result of which I was recommended for a medal or for higher rate 'for remaining on duty under great provocation!'
''</blockquote>

In May, 1919, ''Caledon'' was chosen as the flagship for a new {{UK-LCS|2}}.

In mid-1920, it was ordered that ''Caledon'' should replace her [[21-in Mark IV Torpedo (UK)|21-in Mark IV S.L. torpedoes]] with [[21-in Mark IV Torpedo (UK)|their Mark IV* version]].{{ARTS1920|pp. 6-7. (G. 10141/20-6.8.1920)}}

''Caledon'' re-commissioned at Chatham on 6 January, 1925.{{NLApr25|pp. 220-1}}

She paid off on 17 August, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 220}}

''Caledon'' was re-commissioned at the Nore on 5 September 1927 for duty with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 221}}

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 January, 1929 for continued duty with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 220}}

The cruiser was re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 July, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 219}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Caledon''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claud Hamilton Sinclair|nick=Claud H. Sinclair|appt=February, 1917|end=7 July, 1917|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter Henry Cowan|appt=7 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''a''}}|end=|note=in command at the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Steuart Macnaghten Harrison-Wallace|nick=Henry S. M. Harrison-Wallace|appt=2 September, 1918<ref>Harrison-Wallace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/86.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=22 March, 1919<ref>Harrison-Wallace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/86.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Mackworth|nick=Geoffrey Mackworth|appt=22 March, 1919<ref>Mackworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/53.|D7603305}} f. 53.</ref>|end=May, 1919<ref>Mackworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/53.|D7603305}} f. 53.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Cowan]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=14 May, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 738}}|end=25 May, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=22 June, 1919|end=1 January, 1920|note=and as Senior Naval Officer, Baltic}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Everard John Hardman-Jones|nick=Everard J. Hardman-Jones|appt=23 November, 1920<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|end=May, 1921<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Arthur Allan Morison Duff|Duff]] of {{UK-LCS|2}} from 31 December}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy|nick=Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy|appt=14 May, 1921<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>|end=September, 1921<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|15}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Algernon Henry Chester Candy|nick=Algernon H. C. Candy|appt=3 January, 1922<ref>Candy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/279.|D7576613}} f. 279.</ref>|end=15 September, 1922<ref>Candy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/279.|D7576613}} f. 279.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dudley Burton Napier North|nick=Dudley B. N. North|appt=15 September, 1922<ref>North Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>|end=9 April, 1924<ref>North Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=9 April, 1924<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 220}}|end=April, 1926<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 80.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Miles Brock Birkett|nick=Miles B. Birkett|appt=9 April, 1926<ref>Birkett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 518.</ref>|end=17 August, 1926<ref>Birkett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 518.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Congreve Dobson|nick=Claude C. Dobson|appt=30 June, 1927<ref>Dobson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/15}}</ref>|end=8 August, 1927<ref>Dobson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Egerton Wotton Isaacson|nick=Egerton W. Isaacson|appt=c. 5 September, 1927{{INF}}|end=January, 1928|note=transferred in from {{UK-Concord}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hubert Ardill|nick=Hubert Ardill|appt=21 December, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 221}}<ref>Ardill Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/49}}</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald|nick=John U. P. Fitzgerald|appt=14 December, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 220}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Bingham Jermain|nick=Harry B. Jermain|appt=August, 1931<ref>Jermain Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|}} f. 212.</ref>|end=7 January, 1932<ref>Jermain Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|}} f. 212.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Nelson Clover|nick=Nelson Clover|appt=7 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 219}}|end=1933}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Ronald Farquhar|nick=Arthur R. Farquhar|appt=10 July, 1933<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/291.|D7605046}} f. 306.</ref>|end=24 October, 1933<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/291.|D7605046}} f. 306.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=December, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 219}}<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=2 July, 1934<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Powell|nick=James Powell|appt=2 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 220}}|end=21 July, 1936|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=27 November, 1934<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>|end=7 May, 1935<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=20 July, 1936<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=4 November, 1936<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=4 November, 1936|end=8 July, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel Vavasseur Lloyd|nick=Lionel V. Lloyd|appt=8 July, 1938<ref>Lloyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=3 November, 1938<ref>Lloyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Ross Maxwell Johnson|nick=Frederick R. M. Johnson|appt=21 October, 1938<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>|end=18 June, 1939<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>|note=committed suicide ashore near Maidstone}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=19 June, 1939|end=31 July, 1939|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Philip Clarke|nick=Charles P. Clarke|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/85.|}} f. 85.</ref>|end=22 March, 1941<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/85.|}} f. 85.</ref>|note=vice Faulkner}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Henry Paton|nick=Stuart H. Paton|appt=March, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=29 April, 1941|end=|note=end date not legible in Service Record}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Frederick Nichols|nick=Reginald F. Nichols|appt=10 December, 1943<ref>Nichols Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/224.|D7617220}} f. 223.</ref>|end=November, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ronald Stewart Brown|nick=John R. S. Brown|appt=November, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Caledon_(D53)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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