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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 a a Royal Navy training ship under a new name.
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There were a succession of ships known as the training ship '''H.M.S. ''Caledonia'''''.
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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}}
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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.
  
 
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (in Command?)|name=Geoffrey Henry Hughes-Onslow|nick=Geoffrey H. Hughes-Onslow|appt=23 August, 1939{{NLDec39|p. 604}}|end=}}
 
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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

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Sales By Auction." The Times (London, England), 16 June 1906, p. 17.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 220.
  3. ↑ Duke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/48. f. 403.
  4. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 Feb. 1939, p. 21.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1939). p. 604.

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