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HMS Cardiff |
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HMS Cardiff Laid Down : 22nd July 1916 Launched : 12th April 1917 Completed : 25th June 1917 Type : Cruiser Class : Ceres Builder : Fairfield Country : UK Sequence : This is the 2nd ship with this name. Pennants : D58 Fate : Sold for scrap 23rd January 1946 |
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HMS Cardiff Photos for Sale |
  HMS Cardiff, July 1935. |   HMS Cardiff, July 1945. |   HMS Cardiff |   The band of HMS Cardiff c.1924. |   HMS Cardiffs trip to Cartagena, Spain, 1924. |
  Bullfight given in honour of British Fleets visit to Tarragona (?) Spain, September 1924. |   HMS Cardiff (centre) with the sloop HMS Bryony (left) and HMS Calypso (right) at Venice, 1926. |
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8th August 1914 - 6th Light Cruiser Squadron 22nd July 1916 - Laid Down at Fairfield 12th April 1917 - Launched 25th June 1917 - Completed 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 1st January 1919 - Arrived Helsingfors 2nd January 1919 - Sailed Helsingfors February 1919 - Commissioned March 1919 - Joined 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet 10th March 1919 - Sailed Plymouth for Malta 10th March 1919 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral E.S. Alexander 11th April 1919 - At Yalta 11th April 1919 - Sailed Yalta 25th May 1919 - Arrived Fiume 28th June 1919 - Arrived Fiume 24th July 1919 - Capt. T.N. James in Command 24th July 1919 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir George P.W. Hope 20th December 1919 - Arrived Malta 29th March 1920 - Sailed Malta 14th June 1920 - Sailed Constantinople for Malta 4th August 1920 - Arrived Constantinople 12th October 1920 - Arrived Malta 19th May 1923 - At Constantinople 28th March 1929 - 3rd Cruiser Squadron 9th April 1929 - Arrived Oran 19th April 1929 - Sailed Oran 20th April 1929 - Arrived Cagliari 24th April 1929 - Sailed Cagliari 25th April 1929 - Arrived Bona 1st May 1929 - Sailed Bona 1st October 1932 - Capt. J. H. K. Clegg, OBE in Command 1st October 1932 - Flagship. Vice Admiral H. J. Tweedie, CB 1st October 1932 - 6th Cruiser Squadron, Africa Station 1934 - Commander D in the Portsmouth Reserve 30th April 1934 - Reserve Fleet at the Nore 13th August 1934 - In reserve at Chatham 16th January 1935 - Capt. H.C. Allen Assumed Command 16th January 1935 - Capt. R.M. King relinquished Command 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Sheerness January 1938 - 4th Cruiser Squadron, China Station 11th January 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong for Manila 12th January 1939 - Arrived Manila 17th January 1939 - Sailed Manila 21st January 1939 - Arrived Shanghai 21st January 1939 - Arrived Shanghai 30th March 1939 - Arrived Shanghai 21st April 1939 - Arrived Hong Kong 29th April 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong for Singapore 29th April 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong to pay off into reserve 9th May 1939 - Arrived Colombo 12th May 1939 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 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 - 12th Cruiser Squadron Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 28th September 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow on Northern Patrol between 6th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern patrol 13th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 14th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow fro Sullom Voe 19th 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 29th October 1939 - On Northern Patrol duties between the Orkneys and the Faroes 31st October 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 6th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 12th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 16th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe for Loch Ewe 17th November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe after refuelling and repairing damage sustained in heavy weather 20th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 20th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 23rd November 1939 - Took station off North Rona to patrol the approaches to the Fair Island Channel 23rd November 1939 - On patrol south of the Faroes 24th November 1939 - Positioned off Utvaer, Norway, to intercept German battlecruisers 26th November 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 27th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol 28th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe 29th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe after heavy weather carried away her main topmast 1st December 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 1st December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 2nd December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 8th December 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Northern Patrol 12th December 1939 - On Northern Patrol 10 miles 180° from Myggenoes Light in the Faroes 15th December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow via Loch Ewe 15th December 1939 - Off the Faroes 19th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde 20th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde for Portsmouth 23rd December 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth for refitting 30th January 1940 - Refitting complete in Portsmouth 23rd February 1940 - Arrived Portland as Gunnery School Training Ship 11th February 1942 - At Devonport 1946 - Broken up 23rd January 1946 - Sold for Scrapping 18th March 1946 - Arrived at Arnott Young (Dalmuir) for scrapping | |||
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