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'''H.M.S. ''Caledonia''''' was the former '''R.M.S. ''Majestic''''', launched in 1914, taken up in 1936 for use as | There were a succession of ships known as the training ship '''H.M.S. ''Caledonia'''''. | ||
One, the former [[H.M.S. Impregnable (1810)|H.M.S. ''Impregnable'' of 1810]], was renamed ''Caledonia'']] in 1891. She was lying at Queensferry when she was listed for sale at a July 10th 1906 Portsmouth auction of "Obsolete War Vessels and Other Craft" as "Lot 13".{{ToL|Sales By Auction|16 June 1906, p. 17}} | |||
Another such ships was the former '''R.M.S. ''Majestic''''', launched in 1914, taken up in 1936 for use as a Royal Navy training ship under a new name. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of Training Ship H.M.S. ''Caledonia''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of Training Ship H.M.S. ''Caledonia''" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Atwell Henry Lake|nick=Atwell Henry Lake|appt=23 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 220}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Atwell Henry Lake|nick=Atwell Henry Lake|appt=23 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 220}}|end=4 March, 1939|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Gordon Duke|nick=Robert G. Duke|appt=4 March, 1939<ref>Duke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/48.|}} f. 403.</ref>{{NavAppts|4 Feb. 1939, p. 21}}|end=August, 1939{{INF}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (in Command?)|name=Geoffrey Henry Hughes-Onslow|nick=Geoffrey H. Hughes-Onslow|appt=23 August, 1939{{NLDec39|p. 604}}|end=}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:00, 26 August 2023
There were a succession of ships known as the training ship H.M.S. Caledonia.
One, the former H.M.S. Impregnable of 1810, was renamed Caledonia]] in 1891. She was lying at Queensferry when she was listed for sale at a July 10th 1906 Portsmouth auction of "Obsolete War Vessels and Other Craft" as "Lot 13".[1]
Another such ships was the former R.M.S. Majestic, launched in 1914, taken up in 1936 for use as a Royal Navy training ship under a new name.
History
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Atwell Henry Lake, 23 April, 1937[2] – 4 March, 1939
- Captain Robert G. Duke, 4 March, 1939[3][4] – August, 1939[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander (in Command?) Geoffrey H. Hughes-Onslow, 23 August, 1939[5]
Bibliography
See Also
Footnotes
