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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Latest revision as of 18:36, 20 September 2017

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: 17 Dec, 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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401r.
  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.
  7. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396h.
  9. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/142. f. 152.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396b.

Bibliography

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