HMS Calliope (1914)

HMS Calliope (1914)

HMS "Calliope" was a British C class light cruiser of the Royal Navy under construction at the outbreak of World War I.

Both "Calliope" and her sister ship "Champion" were based on HMS "Caroline". They were effectively test ships for the use of geared turbines which resulted in the one less funnel. They also received slightly thicker armour. They led into the first of the "Cambrian" subclass.

"Calliope" was built at HM Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. She was laid down in January 1914, launched on 17 December 1914, and completed in June 1915. She was badly damaged by a fuel oil fire while at sea on 19 March 1916, but was repaired in time to be one of the five ships in the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. On 1 September 1917 "Calliope" was involved in the sinking of four German trawlers. She survived the war and was sold for scrapping on August 28, 1931 to Ward, of Inverkeithing.

References

*Colledge
*Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
* [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Calliope.html Ships of the Calliope class]


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