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H.M.S. Orotava (1889)
Pendant Number: M.80
MI.86 (Jan 1918)
MI.47 (Apr 1918)[1]
Purchased: 31 May, 1915[2]
Launched: c. 1889
Commissioned: 19 Nov, 1914[3]
Decommissioned: 1 Jan, 1919[4]
Broken up: 1923[5]

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

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[6]

  • five 6-in guns
  • two 6-pdr H.A. guns

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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