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'''H.M.S. ''Digby''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].  She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Artois''''' in November, 1915.{{DittColl|p. 119}}
 
'''H.M.S. ''Digby''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].  She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Artois''''' in November, 1915.{{DittColl|p. 119}}
  

Revision as of 22:18, 8 January 2015

H.M.S. Digby (1912)
Pendant Number: M.83
MI.55 (Jan 1918)
MI.33[1]
Launched: 28 Dec, 1912[2]
Completed: Apr, 1913[3]
Commissioned: 22 Nov, 1914[4]
Decommissioned: 6 Jan, 1919[5]
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H.M.S. Digby was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was renamed H.M.S. Artois in November, 1915.[6]

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[7]

  • five 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. ↑ naval-history.net.
  3. ↑ naval-history.net.
  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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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