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HMS Caledon |
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HMS Caledon Laid Down : 17th March 1916 Launched : 25th November 1916 Completed : 6th March 1917 Type : Cruiser Class : Caledon Builder : Cammell Laird Country : UK Sequence : This is the 2nd ship with this name. Pennants : D53 Fate : Sold for scrap 22nd January 1948 |
| Converted to anti aircraft role between September 1942 and December 1943. Disarmed in April 1945. |
HMS Caledon Photos for Sale |
  HMS Caledon, 1918. |   HMS Caledon, July 1935. |   HMS Caledon, April 1945. |   HMS Caledon. |   HMS Caledon at Grand Harbour in Malta. |
  Inspection of the crew of HMS Caledon |   HMS Caledon |   Some of the crew of HMS Caledon during the operations at Memel, Lithuania, 1922. |   HMS Caledon. |   Damage to HMS Caledon after collision with Italian SS Antares. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
25th November 1916 - Launched March 1917 - 1st Light Cruiser Squadron 1st June 1919 - 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet 25th June 1920 - Arrived Copenhagen 1st November 1920 - Arrived Chatham for refit 1st November 1920 - Flagship of Commodore A.A.M. Duff 23rd February 1921 - Sailed Falmouth for Mounts Bay 25th February 1921 - Sailed Penzance for Portsmouth 20th March 1921 - Sailed Plymouth for exercises 21st March 1921 - Arrived Portsmouth 17th August 1921 - Sailed Portsmouth for Sheerness 18th August 1921 - Arrived Sheerness 26th November 1921 - Sailed Rosyth for Chatham 1st July 1922 - 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron 1st July 1922 - Off the Kentish Knock for memorial service for HM Drifter Blue Sky 18th July 1923 - Sailed Stockholm 20th July 1923 - Arrived Gothenberg 27th July 1923 - Sailed Gothenberg 30th July 1923 - Arrived UK 31st August 1923 - Refitting at Chatham 3rd November 1923 - Fleet Review at Spithead 12th June 1924 - Arrived Helsingfors 26th July 1924 - Fleet Review at Spithead 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 4th September 1929 - At Chatham 1st October 1932 - In reserve. Plymouth 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. N. Clover in Command 18th December 1933 - Reserve Fleet Plymouth 13th August 1934 - In reserve at Plymouth 1st December 1934 - Sailed Plymouth for Malta 5th December 1934 - Passed Gibraltar 8th December 1934 - Arrived Malta 12th December 1934 - Sailed Malta for Plymouth 16th December 1934 - Passed Gibraltar 19th December 1934 - Arrived Plymouth 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 13th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 13th October 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 14th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow fro Sullom Voe 18th October 1939 - Arrived Kirkwall 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 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duties 3rd November 1939 - On Northern Patrol between the Orkneys and the Faroes 9th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe from northern patrol 9th November 1939 - Arrived Sullom Voe 12th November 1939 - Sailed Sullom Voe on Northern Patrol duty 15th November 1939 - Suffered damage to her upper deck in heavy weather 18th November 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe from Northern Patrol 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 27th November 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow after Northern Patrol in the Faroes-Shetland passage 30th November 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for the Tyne December 1939 - To the Mediterranean Fleet 1st December 1939 - Arrived the Tyne for docking 18th December 1939 - Sailed the Tyne for Devonport 19th December 1939 - Sailed the Tyne after docking for repairs 21st December 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 21st December 1939 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 24th December 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 24th December 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar for duty with the Mediterranean Fleet 26th December 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 26th December 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 28th December 1939 - Arrived Malta for duty with the 3rd Cruiser Squadron 28th December 1939 - Arrived Malta from Home Waters 31st December 1939 - Sailed Malta on patrol duties 11th March 1940 - Arrived Alexandria after a short exercise. 1948 - Broken up | |||
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