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HMS Calypso |
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HMS Calypso Laid Down : 17th February 1916 Launched : 24th January 1917 Completed : 21st June 1917 Type : Cruiser Class : Caledon Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Sequence : This is the 7th ship with this name. Pennants : D61 Fate : Sunk 12th June 1940 | |
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HMS Calypso, July 1935. | HMS Calypso, July 1935. | HMS Calypso, July 1935. | HMS Calypso at Malta in 1922. | Sports team of HMS Calypso, including Gilbert Roland Milton (bottom left) |
HMS Calypso | HMS Calypso at Batoum / Batumi - Black Sea Port, Georgia, Russia, 1920. | Galleys Crew of HMS Calypso, 1924. |
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HMS Cardiff (centre) with the sloop HMS Bryony (left) and HMS Calypso (right) at Venice, 1926. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
6th February 1916 - Laid down 24th January 1917 - Launched 22nd November 1918 - Sailed Rosyth for Copenhagen and the Baltic 24th November 1918 - Sailed Copenhagen for Libau 26th November 1918 - Arrived Libau 27th November 1918 - Sailed Libau for Reval 27th November 1918 - Left Flotilla to take Cassandra's survivors to Rosyth 1st January 1919 - Arrived Helsingfors 2nd January 1919 - Sailed Helsingfors 4th January 1919 - Sailed Reval and went east to a position along the Esthonian coast near Narva March 1919 - Joined 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet 18th April 1919 - At Sevastopol 19th April 1919 - In Kaffa Bay 1st June 1919 - 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet 14th July 1919 - Sailed Malta for Fiume 31st July 1919 - Arrived Gibraltar 28th March 1920 - Sailed Theodosia for Novorossk 28th March 1920 - Sailed Theodosia 18th April 1920 - Arrived Malta 23rd October 1920 - At Malta 11th March 1921 - Arrived Constantinople 28th October 1921 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 1st November 1921 - Arrived Malta 25th November 1921 - Arrived Malta 31st August 1922 - Recommissioned 4th July 1930 - Arrived Port Kapano 30th March 1932 - Arrived Ajaccio 4th April 1932 - Sailed Ajaccio for Beauliey 5th April 1932 - Arrived Beaulieu 6th April 1932 - At Beaulieu 14th April 1932 - Arrived Aranci Bay 14th April 1932 - Arrived Aranci Bay 19th April 1932 - Sailed Aranci Bay for Malta 21st April 1932 - Sailed Aranci Bay 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 25th April 1932 - Sailed Malta for UK for refit 25th April 1932 - Capt. Hon. George Fraser in Command 25th April 1932 - Sailed Malta for Chatham 29th April 1932 - Arrived Gibraltar 5th May 1932 - Arrived Chatham 1st October 1932 - In reserve. Plymouth 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. G. D. Lyddeker, OBE, DSC in Command 13th August 1934 - In reserve at Plymouth 5th August 1935 - Calypso At Plymouth for Navy Week January 1938 - Reserve Fleet, UK 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 26th August 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow from the Reserve Fleet 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 3rd September 1939 - 7th Cruiser Squadron Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 5th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol 9th October 1939 - Assisted in capturing German liner Cap Norte carrying German reservists from South America 11th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 13th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol 20th October 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 22nd October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for the Northern Patrol 22nd October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe 24th October 1939 - On Northern Patrol between the Faroes and the Orkneys 31st October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe 2nd November 1939 - Between the Orkneys and the Faroes 6th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 6th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe from Northern Patrol 12th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duty 16th November 1939 - Captured a merchant ship 17th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 18th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe from Northern Patrol 21st November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe on Northern Patrol duties 23rd November 1939 - On patrol Iceland-Faroes Channel 23rd November 1939 - Captured German merchant ship Konsul Hendrik Fisser north of the Faroes in 63N, 07W 23rd November 1939 - Stationed five miles due north of Kelso Light to act as a night attack striking force 23rd November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 24th November 1939 - Positioned off Utvaer, Norway, to intercept German battlecruisers December 1939 - To the Mediterranean Fleet 1st December 1939 - Arrived in the Tyne for refit, and refitted prior to transfer to the Mediterranean 21st December 1939 - Completed refit on the Tyne 21st December 1939 - Sailed the Tyne for Plymouth in preparation for transfer to the Mediterranean Fleet 24th December 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 27th December 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar for duty with the Mediterranean Fleet 27th December 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 28th December 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 28th December 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 31st December 1939 - Arrived Malta from Home Waters 31st December 1939 - Arrived Malta for duty with the 3rd Cruiser Squadron 31st December 1939 - Arrived Malta for duty with the 3rd Cruiser Squadron 11th March 1940 - Arrived Alexandria after a short exercise. 12th June 1940 - Sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean south of Crete by Italian submarine Bagnolini |
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