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'''H.M.S. ''Eskimo''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:36, 12 November 2017

H.M.S. Eskimo (1910)
Pendant Number: M.75[1]
Launched: 1910[2]
Commissioned: 19 Nov, 1914[3]
Decommissioned: 18 Jul, 1915[4]
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H.M.S. Eskimo was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Eskimo was captured by the Germans on 26 July, 1916 while performing mercantile transport.[5]

Armament

Eskimo was armed with:[6]

  • four 6-in guns
  • two 6-pdrs

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  2. This date is approximate,
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401l.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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