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==Early History==
==Service==
 
''Calypso'' was completed on the Tyne in June 1917 and two months later in August she was fitted with a director.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 26, 1928; pg. 8; Issue 45008.</ref>  This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
''Calypso'' was completed on the Tyne in June 1917 and two months later in August she was fitted with a director.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 26, 1928; pg. 8; Issue 45008.</ref>  This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}


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*Captain [[Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston]], September, 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston]], September, 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott]], December 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott]], December 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Colin A. M. Sarel]], January, 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel|Colin A. M. Sarel]], January, 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[John F. Finlayson]], January, 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[John Francis Finlayson|John F. Finlayson]], January, 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Brian Egerton]], 3 January, 1927.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.</ref>
*Captain [[Brian Egerton]], 3 January, 1927.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.</ref>
*Captain [[Norman Atherton Wodehouse]], December, 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Norman Atherton Wodehouse]], December, 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain {{HON}} [[George Fraser]], October, 1930.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain {{HON}} [[George Fraser]], October, 1930.{{MackieRNW}}
More at Colin Mackie's website.{{MackieRNW}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Calypso_(D61) Wikipedia]
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 21:52, 14 January 2014

H.M.S. Calypso (1917)
Pendant Number: 24 (Jan 1918)
82 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Ordered: Dec, 1915[3]
Laid down: 7 Feb, 1916[4]
Launched: 24 Jan, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1917[6]
Torpedoed: 12 Jun, 1940[7]
Fate: by Italian sub Bagnolini

Service

Calypso was completed on the Tyne in June 1917 and two months later in August she was fitted with a director.[8] This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[9]

At the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, a 5.9-in shell hit on her C.T. forced in an Electro-Pneumatic firing push and thereby caused her to fire a ready torpedo. This quirk inspired issuance of a Torpedo Order to keep safety pins or push covers in place until the moment before firing.[10]

Refitting and Recommissioning

In June 1927 Calypso sailed to Chatham Dock where she was refitted and was recommissioned in August before returning to the Third Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. ↑ The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 26, 1928; pg. 8; Issue 45008.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. 1/5/1918, p. 40.
  11. ↑ The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 12, 1927; pg. 8; Issue 44658.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 748.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 739.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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