H.M.S. Avenger (1915)

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H.M.S. Avenger (1915)
Pendant Number: MI.75[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Launched: 1915[2]
Torpedoed: 14 Jun, 1917[3]
Fate: by U 69

H.M.S. Avenger was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[4]

  • eight 6-in guns
  • two 3-pdrs

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  2. This date is approximate.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 119.
  5. Ashby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/185. ff. 185, 199.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401kk.
  7. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 92.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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