H.M.S. Calliope (1914)

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H.M.S. Calliope
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 76 (1914)
23 (Jan 1918)
78 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Chatham Dockyard
Laid Down:
Launched: 17 December, 1914
Commissioned:
Sold:
Fate:

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.[2]

At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her T.S..[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 48.
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919. pp. 11-12.
  3. 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.
  4. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 748.

Bibliography


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