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Unknown,{DittColl|p. 120}}{{Conways1906|p. 102}} but certainly included 6-in guns.<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_India.htm Log entry for 24 April, 1915.]</ref>
''India'' mounted guns and ammunitioned 12-17 April, 1915 at Royal Albert Docks, London.<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_India.htm Ship's Log.]</ref>
 
Her particular armament is unknown,{{DittColl|p. 120}}{{Conways1906|p. 102}} but certainly included 6-in guns, most likely at least two per broadside, as forward and aft ammunition spaces are described in her log book.<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_India.htm Log entry for 24 April, 1915.]</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* [https://afterwork101.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/my-grandfathers-bath/ An account of her sinking]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/134512439@N08/ photos of ship and crew in internment]
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_India.htm Transcribed Ship Logs April to June 1915]
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 7 April 2018

H.M.S. India (1896)
Pendant Number: M.81[1]
Builder: Caird & Company[2]
Yard Number: 281[3]
Launched: 15 Apr, 1896[4]
Commissioned: 13 Mar, 1915[5]
Torpedoed: 8 Aug, 1915[6]
Fate: by U 22

H.M.S. India was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

India mounted guns and ammunitioned 12-17 April, 1915 at Royal Albert Docks, London.[7]

Her particular armament is unknown,[8][9] but certainly included 6-in guns, most likely at least two per broadside, as forward and aft ammunition spaces are described in her log book.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia.
  4. ↑ Wikipedia.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  7. ↑ Ship's Log.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  9. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 102.
  10. ↑ Log entry for 24 April, 1915.
  11. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 40.

Bibliography

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