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Revision as of 13:24, 21 April 2015

H.M.S. Calliope (1914)
Pendant Number: 76 (1914)
23 (Jan 1918)
78 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 1 Jan, 1914[3]
Launched: 17 Dec, 1914[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1915[5]
Sold: 28 Aug, 1931[6]

H.M.S. Calliope was launched in 1914, one of two light cruisers of her class.

Service

In the Battle of Jutland, she was flagship of the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the Battle Fleet.[7]

Searchlights

Calliope served as a test platform for Newitt's Searchlight Control in 1915.[8]

Alterations

Calliope was fitted with a director in March, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[9]

At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her T.S..[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 112.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ Pamphlet on the Turret Dreyer Table as fitted in the turrets of H.M. battleships and in the transmitting stations of certain cruisers, 1930. p. 4.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392r.
  12. ↑ Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  13. ↑ Le Mesurier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 56.
  14. ↑ Bentinck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 47.
  15. ↑ Bentinck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 47.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 748.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 739.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Paton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/60. f. 68.
  20. ↑ Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  21. ↑ Wardle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 245.
  22. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
  23. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
  24. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  25. ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
  26. ↑ Inferred from successor. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  27. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  28. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ Day of month taken from Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  31. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  32. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  33. ↑ Pridham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 302.
  34. ↑ Pridham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 302.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


Calliope Class Light Cruiser
  Calliope Champion  
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