Farewell to Orangeleaf
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HMS Ocean to Take Part in Exercise Trident Juncture
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Japan Ready to Build Submarines in Australia
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HMS YARMOUTH 1920
Yarmouth commissioned at Chatham on 18 April, 1912.[7] In mid-1913, she was active in the Mediterranean.[8] At the Battle of Jutland, she was one of four light cruisers of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron screening the battlecruisers under Captain Thomas D. Pratt. Yarmouth acted as the linking ship between the L.C.S. and Lion.[9] A Sopwith Pup fighter plane successfully flew off a 20 foot long ramp constructed on Yarmouth's forecastle in June, 1917. The ramp was replaced by an improved platform some weeks later.[10] The ship was also fitted with a director in June, an alteration which required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[11] She was re-commissioned with Reserve Complement on 8 December, 1920. via John Currin (JC - Ex RNZN) - Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/1Fyteyh |
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