H.M.S. Charybdis (1893)

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H.M.S. Charybdis (1893)
Pendant Number: D.56 (1914)
P.56 (Sep 1915)
N.21 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Sheerness Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[3]
Laid down: 1891[4]
Launched: 15 Jun, 1893[5]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1896[6]
Sold: 27 Jan, 1922[7]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

She recommissioned at Chatham on 25 April 1913 and was serving in the Third Fleet out of Devonport by mid-year.[8]

Following a collision she was laid up at Bermuda in 1914. She was repaired as a cargo carrier and until February, 1919, she was on loan. She was sold at Bermuda on 27 January, 1922, and resold in October, 1923, for breaking up in the Netherlands.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 39.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 March, 1907. Issue 38283, col E, p. 9.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 292.
  18. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 293.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.



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