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At the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]], a 5.9-in shell hit on her {{CT}} forced in an Electro-Pneumatic firing push and thereby caused her to fire a ready torpedo.  This quirk inspired issuance of a Torpedo Order to keep safety pins or push covers in place until the moment before firing.{{GFGTO|1/5/1918, p. 40}}
At the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]], a 5.9-in shell hit on her {{CT}} forced in an Electro-Pneumatic firing push and thereby caused her to fire a ready torpedo.  This quirk inspired issuance of a Torpedo Order to keep safety pins or push covers in place until the moment before firing.{{GFGTO|1/5/1918, p. 40}}


==Refitting and Recommissioning==
''Calypso'' re-commissioned on 22 January, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 221}}
In June 1927 ''Calypso'' sailed to [[Chatham Royal Dockyard|Chatham Dock]] where she was refitted and was recommissioned in August before returning to the Third Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Aug 12, 1927; pg. 8; Issue 44658.</ref>
 
In June 1927 ''Calypso'' sailed to [[Chatham Royal Dockyard|Chatham Dock]] where she was refitted and was recommissioned in August before returning to the {{UK-CS|3}}, Mediterranean.<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Aug 12, 1927; pg. 8; Issue 44658.</ref>
 
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 5 November, 1929 for duty with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 220}}
 
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 12 May, 1932 under the command of [[Guy Onslow Lydekker]].{{NLJan33|p. 219}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Calypso''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Calypso|f=p}}}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Calypso''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Laurence Edwards|nick=Herbert L. Edwards|appt=23 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''b''}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Laurence Edwards|nick=Herbert L. Edwards|appt=23 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''b''}}|end=17 November, 1917|note=died at the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]]|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 748}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Davies|nick=Arthur J. Davies|appt=November, 1917<ref>Davies Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=temporary, pending arrival of [[Bertram Sackville Thesiger|Thesiger]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Seymour|nick=Claude Seymour|appt=August, 1919{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 748}}<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>|note=and as Second in Command, {{UK-LCS|6}}|end=September, 1919<ref>Thesiger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 472.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Seymour|nick=Claude Seymour|appt=1 September, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 739}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Seymour|nick=Claude Seymour|appt=27 September, 1919<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>|end=29 September, 1921<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston|nick=Herbert A. Buchanan-Wollaston|appt=September, 1921{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston|nick=Herbert A. Buchanan-Wollaston|appt=20 September, 1921<ref>Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 115.</ref>|end=December, 1922<ref>Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 115.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott|nick=Charles A. Robertson-Scott|appt=December, 1922{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott|nick=Charles A. Scott|appt=31 December, 1922<ref>Scott Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/203.|D7603455}} f. 207.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 731}}|end=January, 1925<ref>Scott Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/203.|D7603455}} f. 207.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel|nick=Colin A. M. Sarel|appt=January, 1925{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel|nick=Colin A. M. Sarel|appt=22 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 221}}|end=3 February, 1926}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Francis Finlayson|nick=John F. Finlayson|appt=January, 1926{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Francis Finlayson|nick=John F. Finlayson|appt=3 February, 1926|end=c. 22 January, 1927<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=3 January, 1927<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=3 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 221}}<ref>''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.</ref>|ass=c. 22 January, 1927<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>|end=22 October, 1928<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Atherton Wodehouse|nick=Norman A. Wodehouse|appt=December, 1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Lushington Coleridge|nick=Guy L. Coleridge|appt=20 August, 1929<ref>Coleridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|end=17 October, 1929<ref>Coleridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain {{HON}}|name=George Fraser|nick=George Fraser|appt=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Atherton Wodehouse|nick=Norman A. Wodehouse|appt=November, 1929<ref>Wodehouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/150.}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=17 November, 1930<ref>Wodehouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/150.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=27 October, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 220}}<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>|ass=17 November, 1930<ref>Wodehouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/150.}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=17 October, 1932<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Onslow Lydekker|nick=Guy O. Lydekker|appt=12 May, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 219}}{{NavAppts|Saturday, May 14, 1932, Issue 46133, p.12}}|end=7 June, 1933<ref>Lydekker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/226.|}} f. 584.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Nicholson|nick=Geoffrey Nicholson|appt=7 June, 1933<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/126.|}} f. 128.</ref>|end=24 July, 1933<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/126.|}} f. 128.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Allen|nick=Charles H. Allen|appt=24 July, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 220}}|end=2 April, 1935|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mark Fogg-Elliott|nick=Mark Fogg-Elliott|appt=1 April, 1935<ref>Fogg-Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/96.|}} f. 96.</ref>|end=1 July, 1935<ref>Fogg-Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/96.|}} f. 96.</ref>|note=vice Allen}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Brian de Courcy-Ireland|nick=Stanley B. de Courcy-Ireland|appt=24 July, 1935{{NavAppts|22 July 1935, p. 17}}|end=30 August, 1935{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred William Sprott|nick=Alfred W. Sprott|appt=30 August, 1935{{NavAppts|31 Aug. 1935, p. 15}}|end=22 February, 1936|note=temporary, upon her reducing}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lancelot Vivian Donne|nick=Lancelot V. Donne|appt=22 February, 1936<ref>Donne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/88.|}} f. 88.</ref>|end=22 July, 1936<ref>Donne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/88.|}} f. 88.</ref>|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=22 July, 1936|end=19 April, 1937|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Arthur Charles Pakenham|nick=Thomas A. C. Pakenham|appt=19 June, 1937<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/210.|}} f. 209.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 221}}|end=11 January, 1938<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/210.|}} f. 209.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Robert Irving Irving|nick=George R. I. Irving|appt=10 January, 1938<ref>Irving Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/23.|}} f. 23.</ref>|end=8 July, 1938<ref>Irving Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/23.|}} f. 23.</ref>|note=remained in ship after Musters arrived}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=8 July, 1938|end=c. September, 1938|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=1 October, 1938|end=16 October, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Robert Irving Irving|nick=George R. I. Irving|appt=18 October, 1938<ref>Irving Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/23.|}} f. 23.</ref>|end=13 June, 1940<ref>Irving Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/23.|}} f. 23.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Newton James Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Newton J. W. William-Powlett|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>William-Powlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/159.|}}  f. 159.</ref>|end=12 December, 1939<ref>William-Powlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/159.|}} f. 159.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=December, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=12 June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Calypso.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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Latest revision as of 13:18, 22 December 2021

H.M.S. Calypso (1917)
Pendant Number: 24 (Jan 1918)
82 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: Dec, 1915[3]
Laid down: 7 Feb, 1916[4]
Launched: 24 Jan, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1917[6]
Torpedoed: 12 Jun, 1940[7]
Fate: by Template:IT-Bagnolini

Service

Calypso was completed on the Tyne in June 1917 and two months later in August she was fitted with a director.[8] This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[9]

At the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, a 5.9-in shell hit on her C.T. forced in an Electro-Pneumatic firing push and thereby caused her to fire a ready torpedo. This quirk inspired issuance of a Torpedo Order to keep safety pins or push covers in place until the moment before firing.[10]

Calypso re-commissioned on 22 January, 1925.[11]

In June 1927 Calypso sailed to Chatham Dock where she was refitted and was recommissioned in August before returning to the Third Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean.[12]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 5 November, 1929 for duty with the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[13]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 12 May, 1932 under the command of Guy Onslow Lydekker.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. ↑ The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 26, 1928; pg. 8; Issue 45008.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ Grand Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Orders. 1/5/1918, p. 40.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 221.
  12. ↑ The Times (London, England), Friday, Aug 12, 1927; pg. 8; Issue 44658.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 220.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 219.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392b.
  16. ↑ Davies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 413.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 748.
  18. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  19. ↑ Thesiger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 472.
  20. ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  21. ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  22. ↑ Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 115.
  23. ↑ Buchanan-Wollaston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 115.
  24. ↑ Scott Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/203. f. 207.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 731.
  26. ↑ Scott Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/203. f. 207.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 221.
  28. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/46. f. 194.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 221.
  30. ↑ The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 03, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44469.
  31. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/46. f. 194.
  32. ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  33. ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  34. ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/150. f. ?.
  35. ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/150. f. ?.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 220.
  37. ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  38. ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 219.
  40. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 14, 1932, Issue 46133, p.12.
  41. ↑ Lydekker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/226. f. 584.
  42. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/126. f. 128.
  43. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/126. f. 128.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 220.
  45. ↑ Fogg-Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/96. f. 96.
  46. ↑ Fogg-Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/96. f. 96.
  47. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 22 July 1935, p. 17.
  48. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 31 Aug. 1935, p. 15.
  49. ↑ Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  50. ↑ Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
  51. ↑ Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/210. f. 209.
  52. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
  53. ↑ Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/210. f. 209.
  54. ↑ Irving Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/23. f. 23.
  55. ↑ Irving Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/23. f. 23.
  56. ↑ Irving Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/23. f. 23.
  57. ↑ Irving Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/23. f. 23.
  58. ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
  59. ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
  60. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  61. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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