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'''H.M.S. ''Empress of Asia''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].
'''H.M.S. ''Empress of Asia''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].



Revision as of 17:39, 14 January 2015

H.M.S. Empress of Asia (1912)
Pendant Number: M.65[1]
Launched: 23 Nov, 1912[2]
Completed: Jun, 1913[3]
Commissioned: 2 Aug, 1914[4]
Decommissioned: 20 Mar, 1916[5]
Bombed: 5 Feb, 1942[6]

H.M.S. Empress of Asia was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[7]

  • eight 4.7-in guns

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  2. Wikipedia.
  3. Wikipedia.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  6. Wikipedia.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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