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'''H.M.S. ''Calyx''''' was a commercial liner, S.S. ''Calypso'' converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].
'''H.M.S. ''Calyx''''' was a commercial liner, S.S. ''Calypso'' converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].



Revision as of 17:42, 14 January 2015

H.M.S. Calyx (1904)
Pendant Number: M.86[1]
Launched: 1904[2]
Commissioned: 19 Nov, 1914[3]
Torpedoed: 10 Jul, 1916[4]
Fate: by

H.M.S. Calyx was a commercial liner, S.S. Calypso converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[5]

  • eight 4.7-in guns
  • two 3-pdrs

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  2. This date is approximate,
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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