HMS Calliope

HMS Calliope

Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Calliope" after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology:

*HMS "Calliope" was a 10-gun "Cherokee" class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and broken up in 1829.
*HMS "Calliope" was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1837. She was used as a floating chapel in 1860 and a factory from 1865. She was broken up in 1883.
*HMS "Calliope" was a "Calypso"-class third class cruiser launched in 1884. She was used as a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship from 1907, was renamed HMS "Helicon" in 1915 and then renamed HMS "Calliope" in 1931. She was sold in 1951.
*HMS "Calliope" was a C class light cruiser launched in 1914, the lead ship of the "Calliope" subgroup. She was sold in 1931.
*HMS "Calliope" was originally the "Falmouth" class sloop HMS "Falmouth". She was launched in 1932, and renamed in HMS "Calliope" in 1952 when she replaced the earlier HMS "Calliope" as the RNVR's drill ship. She was broken up in 1968.
*HMS "Calliope" is currently one of the fourteen Royal Naval Reserve units. She is a "stone frigate" situated on the Gateshead bank of the River Tyne, between the Tyne Bridge and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

References

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External links

* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.465/changeNav/3533 HMS "Calliope"] from the [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/ Royal Navy website] .
* [http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk] Tyne and Wear Archives service for records of the Tyne Division, Royal Naval Reserve


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