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HMS Colombo |
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HMS Colombo Laid Down : 8th December 1917 Launched : 18th December 1918 Completed : 18th June 1919 Type : Cruiser Class : Capetown Builder : Fairfield Country : UK Sequence : This is the 1st ship with this name. Pennants : D89, I89 Fate : Sold for scrap 22nd January 1948 |
| Converted to anti aircraft role in 1943. |
HMS Colombo Photos for Sale |
  HMS Colombo, 1918. |   HMS Colombo, May 1937. |   HMS Colombo |   Possibly HMS Colombo in 1917 in Canadian waters. |   HMS Colombo. |
  HMS Colombo. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
18th December 1918 - Launched 1st June 1919 - 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, China Station 20th July 1919 - Arrived Gibraltar 3rd August 1919 - Arrived Aden 29th October 1919 - Sailed Port Said for Malta 6th November 1919 - Sailed Gibraltar for Portsmouth 14th January 1920 - At Plymouth preparing for the China Station 14th January 1920 - Capt. P. Withers in Command 28th March 1920 - Sailed Port Said for Port Sudan 28th March 1920 - Sailed Port Said for Port Sudan 7th June 1920 - Sailed Naigon for Hong Kong 6th July 1920 - Sailed Hong Kong for Woosung and Wei Hai Wei 6th December 1920 - Sailed Hong Kong for Singapore 9th August 1921 - Sailed Kobe for Wei Hai Wei 12th August 1921 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 10th December 1921 - Arrived Singapore 12th December 1921 - Sailed Singapore 28th December 1921 - Sailed Colombo 13th July 1923 - Capt. J. Wolfe Murray in Command 13th July 1923 - Arrived Diego Garcia 16th July 1923 - Sailed Diego Garcia 19th July 1923 - Arrived Colombo 17th August 1926 - Arrived Rio de Janeiro 24th August 1926 - Arrived Montevideo 24th August 1926 - Arrived Balbao 15th September 1926 - Arrived Kalkland Isla 25th September 1926 - Arrived Talcahuana 29th September 1926 - Arrived Va;paraiso 10th October 1926 - Arrived Antofagasta 12th October 1926 - Arrived Iquique 15th October 1926 - Arrived Gallao Limia 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 29th January 1932 - Capt. A. Poland, DSO in Command 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 1st October 1932 - Capt. A. Poland, DSO in Command 1st October 1932 - 3rd Cruiser Squadron. Mediterranean Fleet 1933 - Winter Cruise Persian Gulf 27th January 1933 - Commissioned at Chatham for service in the East Indies 27th January 1933 - Capt. C.E.B. Simeon in Command June 1933 - Commissioned for service with the 4th Cruiser Squadron, East Indie June 1933 - Capt. C. E. B. Simeon in Command 22nd June 1933 - Sailed Plymouth for Chatham 23rd June 1933 - Arrived Sheerness 7th August 1933 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 14th August 1933 - Sailed Malta for Port Said 19th August 1933 - Sailed Suez for Aden 2nd September 1933 - Arrived Colombo 2nd September 1933 - Capt. C.E.B. Simeon in Command 4th November 1933 - Arrived Trivandrum 10th November 1933 - Arrived Calicut 7th December 1933 - Sailed Karachi for the Persian Gulf 9th December 1933 - Arrived Muscat 13th December 1933 - Sailed Muscat 14th December 1933 - Arrived Henjam 16th December 1933 - Sailed Henjam 17th December 1933 - Arrived Bushire 20th December 1933 - Sailed Bahrein for Basra 21st December 1933 - Sailed Bushire 21st December 1933 - Arrived Basra 22nd December 1933 - Arrived Basra 28th December 1933 - Sailed Basra 28th December 1933 - Arrived Abadan 1934 - Winter Cruise Persian Gulf 5th January 1934 - Arrived Kowait 5th January 1934 - Sailed Basra 5th January 1934 - Arrived Kowait 5th January 1934 - Capt. C.E.B. Simeon in Command 9th January 1934 - Sailed Kowait 10th January 1934 - Arrived Bahrein 11th January 1934 - Sailed Bahrein for Abu Dhabi 11th January 1934 - Arrived the Trucial Coast 13th January 1934 - Arrived Sharja 14th January 1934 - Arrived and sailed Al Ajman 15th January 1934 - Sailed Umm-al-Kaiwain 16th January 1934 - Sailed the Trucial Coast 16th January 1934 - Arrived Khasab 19th January 1934 - Sailed Khasab for Colombo 20th January 1934 - Sailed Khasab 26th January 1934 - Arrived Colombo 26th January 1934 - Capt. C.E.B. Simeon in Command 26th January 1934 - Arrived Colombo 26th January 1934 - Arrived Colombo 2nd February 1934 - Arrived Trincomalee 5th February 1934 - Arrived Trincomali 6th February 1934 - At Trincomalee 10th February 1934 - Arrived Trincomali 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 31st March 1934 - Arrived Aden 7th April 1934 - Arrived Berbera 11th April 1934 - Sailed Berbera for Las Khorai 13th April 1934 - Arrived Aden 16th April 1934 - Arrived Aden 16th April 1934 - Capt. C.E.B. Simeon in Command 21st April 1934 - Sailed Aden 22nd April 1934 - Sailed Aden for Makalla 23rd April 1934 - Arrived Socotra 23rd April 1934 - Arrived Makalla 24th April 1934 - Sailed Makalla for Socotra 24th April 1934 - Sailed Socotra 28th April 1934 - Arrived Lamu 30th April 1934 - Sailed Lamu 30th April 1934 - Sailed Lamu 30th April 1934 - Arrived Malinda 3rd May 1934 - Sailed Malinda 3rd May 1934 - Arrived Mombasa 3rd May 1934 - Capt C.E.B. Simeon in Command 17th May 1934 - Arrived Tanga 17th May 1934 - Arrived Tanga 17th May 1934 - Sailed Mombasa 17th May 1934 - Arrived Tanga 23rd May 1934 - Sailed Tanga 23rd May 1934 - Arrived Zanzibar 23rd May 1934 - Arrived Zanzibar 23rd May 1934 - Arrived Zanzibar 23rd May 1934 - Sailed Tanga 29th May 1934 - Sailed Zanzibar 29th May 1934 - Sailed Zanzibar fir Rufigi Delta 29th May 1934 - Sailed Zanzibar 29th May 1934 - Arrived Rufigi Delta 30th May 1934 - Arrived Kilwi Kisiwani 30th May 1934 - Sailed Rufigi Delta 4th June 1934 - Sailed Kilwi Kisiwani 8th June 1934 - Arrived Seychelles 12th June 1934 - Sailed Seychelles for Maldives 13th June 1934 - Sailed Seychelles 18th June 1934 - Arrived Colombo 18th June 1934 - Arrived Colombo 21st August 1934 - Arrived Trincomalee 2nd November 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Bombay 10th November 1934 - Arrived Karachi 5th December 1934 - Sailed Karachi for Colombo 10th December 1934 - Arrived Colombo 17th December 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Calcutta 17th December 1934 - Sailed Colombo 17th December 1934 - Capt. C.E.B. Simeon in Command 22nd December 1934 - Arrived Calcutta 25th December 1934 - At Calcutta 2nd January 1935 - Arrived Aden 3rd January 1935 - Sailed Calcutta 5th January 1935 - Arrived Chittagong 7th January 1935 - Arrived Port Said 8th January 1935 - Sailed Chittagong for Akyab 11th January 1935 - Arrived Malta 16th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd March 1935 - Arrived Colombo 9th April 1935 - Arrived Trivandrum 27th April 1935 - Arrived Goa 4th June 1935 - Arrived Colombo from Karachi 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Plymouth 20th July 1937 - Capt. D.M.T. Bedford Assumed Command 20th July 1937 - Capt. Ralph Kerr Relinquished Command January 1938 - Reserve Fleet, UK 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 25th August 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 26th August 1939 - Escorted British liner Dunera 29th August 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 2nd September 1939 - 11th Cruiser Squadron, North Atlantic Command, Gibraltar 3rd September 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar on patrol 12th September 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 5th October 1939 - Diverted to the Northern Patrol 13th October 1939 - Arrived On the Northern Patrol 14th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow fro Sullom Voe 18th October 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 20th October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe 20th October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for Northern Patrol 24th October 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe for refuelling 25th October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for Northern Patrol 27th October 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for Northern Patrol duties 29th October 1939 - On Northern Patrol duties between the Faroes and Iceland 1st November 1939 - Sent Norwegian steamer Mim sent to Kirkwall 2nd November 1939 - Between the Faroes and Iceland 3rd November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 3rd November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 6th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 12th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 13th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 20th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 23rd November 1939 - On patrol south of the Faroes 23rd November 1939 - Took station off North Rona to patrol the approaches to the Fair Island Channel 24th November 1939 - Positioned off Utvaer, Norway, to intercept German battlecruisers 25th November 1939 - Reported being shadowed by German aircraft 27th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 28th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 1st December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 1st December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 8th December 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Northern Patrol 11th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 12th December 1939 - On Northern Patrol 10 miles 180° from Myggenoes Light in the Faroes 12th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow via Loch Ewe 13th December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol duties 18th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 21st December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol duties 28th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 28th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 29th December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol 30th December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for the East Indies, via the Mediterranean 31st December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol 6th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 8th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol 12th January 1940 - Left patrol for Plymouth 14th January 1940 - Arrived Plymouth 27th January 1940 - Sailed Devonport for Belfast 29th January 1940 - Arrived Belfast 5th March 1940 - Arrived Gibraltar from the UK 6th March 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 18th March 1940 - Arrived Port Said. 6th June 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow. 1948 - Broken up | |||
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