- HMS Champion (1915)
HMS "Champion" was a C-class
light cruiser of the BritishRoyal Navy . She was part of the "Calliope" group of the C-class of cruisers.She was laid down on
9 March 1914 , launched29 May 1915 and commissioned into the navy on20 December 1915. She was assigned to theGrand Fleet upon completion, as the Leader of the 13 Destroyer Flotilla. With a number of her sisters, "Champion" took part in theBattle of Jutland on31 May to1 June 1916 . She survived the battle and the war, but was considered obsolete before the outbreak of theSecond World War and was sold for scrap onJuly 28 ,1934 to Metal Industries, ofRosyth .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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