HMS Calliope was a Calypso-class corvette (later classified as a third-class cruiser) of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom which served from 1887 until...
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and renamed HMS Calliope in 1952 when she replaced the 1884 HMS Calliope as the RNR's drill ship. She was broken up in 1968. HMS Calliope (shore establishment)...
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pp. 21–22, 35–40. Archibald (1971), p. 49. Navy Historical Center, HMS Calliope (1884-1951). Harland, John H. (1985), Seamanship in the Age of Sail, p....
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Calypso-class corvette (section Calliope)
of both survive, after a fashion; HMS Calliope in the name of the naval reserve unit the ship once served, and HMS Calypso both in the name of a civilian...
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Midshipman in HMS Orlando (1886), flagship of the Australian Squadron. He was then transferred to HMS Calliope (1884), Calypso-class corvette and to HMS Egeria (1873)...
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waterfront was too small to be an effective dry dock, work on the Calliope Dock began in December 1884, taking over three years to complete. Among the 300 labourers...
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1845. No name for the boat is mentioned in any sources. Carpenters from HMS Calliope converted her into a gunboat. She was lengthened, fitted with a 12 pdr...
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vessels Adler, Olga, and Eber. The British were ably represented by HMS Calliope. On 15 and 16 March 1889, each of these vessels suddenly became trapped...
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Aboriginal troopers killed several Aboriginals at Calliope. An enquiry was held at Prospect Hotel in Calliope headed by other police officers. Evidence was...
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training ship HMS Britannia as a cadet on 15 January 1884. Promoted to midshipman on 15 November 1886, he joined the corvette HMS Calliope in January 1887...
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