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Latest revision as of 20:42, 5 April 2018
| H.M.S. Aquitania (1913) | |
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| Pendant Number: | M.50 MI.51 (Jan 1918) MI.29 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company[2] |
| Yard Number: | 409[3] |
| Ordered: | 8 December, 1910[4] |
| Laid down: | Dec, 1910[5] |
| Launched: | 21 Apr, 1913[6] |
| Commissioned: | 7 Aug, 1914[7] |
| Scrapped: | 1950[8] |
H.M.S. Aquitania was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.
Service
Armament
She was armed with:[9]
- twelve 6-in guns
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Ernest K. Loring, 31 July, 1914[10] – September, 1914[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
- ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
- ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
Bibliography
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