| Crew
Photos of the Crew of HMS Caledon
HMS Caledon
built by Cammell laird and laid down 17th march 1916 and launched 25th
November 1916 completed March 1917. joined the 6th |light cruiser squadron
of the grand Fleet in March 1917 and then Flagship, 1st Light Cruiser
squadron under the command of Commodore Cowan. on 17th November 1917
took part in the action Heligoland Bight against German outposts. she was
hit by a 12-inch shell. Sent to the Baltic in February 1919 as flagship of
the 2nd Light Cruiser squadron. and then joined the Atlantic fleet form
April 1919 to August 1921, when she was relieved by HMS Curacoa. In August
1921 at Chatham she was reccomissioned for the 2nd Light Cruiser squadron,
in 1922 served in the Irish Patrols. but detached to the Mediterranean in
September 1922, then to Memel in January 1923, during the rebellion in
Lithuania. In February 1923 in Cuxhaven she collided with a German pilot
boat. During World war two, served in the home fleet in 1939 moving to the Mediterranean fleet in 1940
(as did HMS Calypso who was sunk by the Italian submarine Bagnolini south
of Crete in June 1940. ) HMS Caledon then served in the Red Sea from 1940-41
and the East Indies and Eastern fleet in 1942. Caledon was converted to an
anti-aircraft vessel by 1943 and went on to serve in the Mediterranean
fleet from 1944-45 eventually being scrapped in Dover in February 1948.
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Caledon Crew in the Baltic |
Caledon Crew in the Baltic in 1919 |
Caledon Crew date unknown |
Picture of HMS Caledon with frozen gun in 1919. |
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J H Carless VC taken on November 17th 1917. |
| The above 5 photographs were sent in by Cheryl
Darby whose grandfather served on the HMS Caledon. |
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HMS Caledon |
HMS Caledon Ships Company |
HMS Caledon Crew Members |
Joseph Foster |
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