Light Cruiser, Caledon-class

Ordered 12.15, Pendant Nos 24 (1.18), 82 (4.18). Launched 24.1.17 Hawthorn Leslie. 4,120 tons, 450(oa), 425(pp)x43x14ft. Turbine 40000shp, 29kts. Armament: 5-6in, 2-3in AA, 8-21in tt. Armour: 3in sides, 1in deck. Crew: 400. Grand Fleet from completion. Sunk 12.6.40 by Italian S/M BAGNOLINI South of Crete. (British Warships 1914-1919)

Joined 6th LCS, Grand Fleet June 1917 and took part in Heligoland Bight action 17 November 1917, when the entire bridge personnel including CO were killed by a shell. To Baltic November 1918, and on 26 December with Caradoc and destroyers Vendetta, Vortigern and Wakeful captured Bolshevik destroyers Avtroil and Spartak off Reval (brief account in log). 3rd LCS, Mediterranean March 1919 recommissioning August 1922, January 1925 and August 1927. Served in Second World War and torpedoed south of Crete by the Italian submarine Bagnolini in 1940. (Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-21)

HMS Calypso - under construction, launching, completed.
(Water colours by H G Bucknell, courtesy Rory Carson whose grandmother, Lady Carson launched the ship when her husband, Sir Edward, later Lord Carson, was First Lord of the Admiralty).

Notes:

1. Latitude/longitude, including for days in port, show representative decimal positions for each day, as calculated by the Old Weather project's analysis program. As such, they differ by varying amounts from the positions recorded, usually at noon, in the log pages. In addition, some latitudes/longitudes have been amended in edited logs for errors in the logs, for errors in identifying locations by the analysis program, or simply for greater accuracy. In all cases, refer to the log-page scans for the positions as originally recorded. Not all log pages contain this information and the ships' positions have therefore often been estimated.

2. Full account of any day is available by clicking on the link above that day. Groups of links refer to log book covers and introductory information; some may be blank.

THE VOYAGES OF HMS CALYPSO 1918

(Maps prepared using Journey Plotter, developed by Maikel. The Plots can only be approximate. They are made by joining-up positions on successive days, and sometimes positions are not given. There will therefore be occasions when the ship appears to have travelled overland)

LOG BOOK – NOVEMBER 1918

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1 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.022, Long -3.445

  8.30am: Landed ship's company for route march

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2 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

  8.15am: Cast off and proceeded

  9.30am: Carried out running torpedo practice with squadron

11.54am: Anchored port in 11 fathoms, veered to 5 shackles

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3 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

11.30am: Surgeon-Lieutenant Braithwaite joined from HMS Ceres

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4 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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5 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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6 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

  1.30pm: Captain Bowring RMLI joined from Royal Marines Barracks, Plymouth

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7 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

  1.30pm: Making and mending clothes

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8 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

  5.00pm: Disembarked Lieutenant De B~~~ RMLI to Royal Marines Base Chatham

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9 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

  8.15am: Oiler alongside; received 84 tons

  9.30am: Oiler cast off

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10 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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11 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

      Noon: Collier Black Eagle alongside; received 9¾ tons coal

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12 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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13 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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14 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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15 November 1918

Rosyth to Inchkeith

Lat 56.15, Long -2.45

  9.37am: Aweigh

  9.46am: Proceeded with squadron

  3.20pm: Sighted German light cruiser SMS Konigsberg*; found SMS Konigsberg and shaped course 272 degrees

  4.57pm: May Island 360 degrees

  6.15pm: Anchored starboard in 6 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

*“[Konigsberg] wore the flag of Admiral von Meurer during the negotiations in the Firth of Forth for the surrender of the High Seas Fleet in November 1918.”

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16 November 1918

Inchkeith

Lat 56.03, Long -3.10

  4.20pm: Oiler alongside; received 138 tons

  5.30pm: Oiler cast off

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17 November 1918

Inchkeith to Rosyth

Lat 56.05, Long -3.00 [Estimated]

  3.50am: Aweigh

  4.00am: Proceeded with squadron and SMS Konigsberg

  5.15am: May Island 360 degrees, 1½ miles

  8.30am: Parted company with SMS Konigsberg

11.22am: May Island 360 degrees, 1 mile; courses various via S channel

12.55pm: Anchored port in 11 fathoms, veered to 5 shackles

  1.50pm: Oiler alongside; received 80 tons

  2.50pm: Oiler cast off

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18 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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19 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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20 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

11.30am: Cheered HM the King

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21 November 1918

Rosyth and cruising

Lat 56.60, Long -1.30 [Estimated]

  2.15am: Aweigh; proceeded with squadron

  4.40am: May Island 180 degrees, 2 miles; courses as requisite for rendezvous and escorting German squadrons for internment

  9.05am: HMS Cardiff sighted leading German squadrons

  2.05pm: May Island abeam, 1½ miles

  4.02pm: Anchored port in 11 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

  6.00pm: Held divine service

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22 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

  7.10am: Oiler alongside; received 76 tons

  8.35am: Oiler cast off

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23 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

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24 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

  4.00am: Departed this life William Henry Maulkin, Leading Seaman ON J7706

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25 November 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

  2.00pm: Embarking stores, provisions, ammunition and sweeping gear

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26 November 1918

Rosyth to Copenhagen

Lat 56.02, Long -3.46

10.30am: Lieutenant Dillon RNVR joined from Admiralty

  4.00pm: Oiler alongside; received 45 tons

  5.20pm: Oiler cast off

  8.50pm: Aweigh

  9.00pm: Proceeded with squadron

11.10pm: May Island 180 degrees, 2½ miles

 Midnight: Collier Silver Queen alongside; received 37 tons*

[*This entry appears to be out of place; it should probably have appeared at noon]

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27 November 1918

Rosyth to Copenhagen

Lat 57.23, Long 2.88

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28 November 1918

Rosyth to Copenhagen

Lat 56.60, Long 12.00 [Estimated]

  5.00am: Proceeded courses as requisite for rounding Skaw and to Copenhagen via special channels

  4.44pm: Anchored port in 6½ fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

  6.00pm: Weighed and shifted berth; anchored port in 7 fathoms, veered to 5 shackles

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29 November 1918

Copenhagen

Lat 55.70, Long 12.64

  3.15pm: Oiler alongside; received 168 tons

  4.35pm: Oiler cast off

  6.00pm: Transferred mine-sweeping gear to [minesweeper] Garth

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30 November 1918

Copenhagen to Libau [Liepaja]

Lat 55.70, Long 12.64

  1.00pm: Lieutenant Neale RNVR joined from HMS Caradoc

  3.07pm: Aweigh; courses as requisite for Drogden special channel

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LOG BOOK – DECEMBER 1918

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1 December 1918

Copenhagen to Libau

Lat 56.30, Long 20.00 [Estimated]

  2.58pm: Struck a submerged obstruction

  3.10pm: Anchored port in 5 fathoms, veered to 3 shackles

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2 December 1918

Libau to Copenhagen

Lat 56.53, Long 20.99

  1.24pm: Anchor aweigh; proceeded with RFA Slavol

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3 December 1918

Libau to Copenhagen

Lat 55.27, Long 12.88

12.30pm: Courses as requisite through Drogden channel

  3.02pm: Anchored port in 7 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

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4 December 1918

Copenhagen

Lat 55.69, Long 12.67

  8.20pm: Oiler alongside; received 177 tons

11.00am: Oiler cast off

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5 December 1918

Copenhagen

Lat 55.69, Long 12.67

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6 December 1918

Copenhagen

Lat 55.69, Long 12.67

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7 December 1918

Copenhagen to Rosyth

Lat 55.69, Long 12.67

  5.30pm: Embarked ship's company of HMS Cassandra for passage

  8.20pm: Aweigh: proceeded, courses and speeds as requisite for Sound [presumably Oresund] and Kattegat via special channels

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8 December 1918

Copenhagen to Rosyth

Lat 57.27, Long 6.92

  5.55am: Passed Skaw Light Vessel, 180 degrees, 1 mile

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9 December 1918

Copenhagen to Rosyth

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

  5.35am: Courses as requisite for S channels

  8.00am: Pilot on board; proceeded into dockyard

  9.30am: Proceeded into No 2 dock

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10 December 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

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11 December 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

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12 December 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

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13 December 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

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14 December 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

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15 December 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

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16 December 1918

Rosyth

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

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17 December 1918

Rosyth to Copenhagen

Lat 56.024, Long -3.450

  3.00pm: Shifted berth; oiler alongside, received 225 tons; collier alongside, received 9½ tons

  6.00pm: Oiler cast off

  8.00pm: Proceeded as requisite

10.30pm: May Island 180 degrees, 2 miles

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18 December 1918

Rosyth to Copenhagen

Lat 57.45, Long 3.45

  2.20am: Passed HMS Versatile steering westerly

  7.50am: Passed HMS Centaur and HM Hospital Ship Plassey steering westerly

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19 December 1918

Rosyth to Copenhagen, to Libau

Lat 57.00, Long 12.00

  6.05am: Courses as requisite for rounding Skaw and for Kattegat via special channel

  4.08pm: Anchored port in 7 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

  5.20pm: Oiler alongside; received 172 tons

  8.00pm: Oiler cast off; aweigh; proceeded courses as requisite for Drogden channel

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20 December 1918

Copenhagen to Libau, to Reval [Tallinn]

Lat 56.53, Long 20.99

12.08am: Sighted Sandhammaren Lighthouse, Hammaren Lighthouse

12.25pm: Anchored starboard in 6 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

  1.15pm: Oiler alongside; received 116 tons

  2.25pm: Oiler cast off

  9.47pm: Aweigh; proceeded, courses as requisite via special route

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21 December 1918

Libau to Reval

Lat 59.50, Long 24.00 [Estimated]

  5.00am: Courses as requisite via special route to Reval

  2.00pm: Anchored port in 8 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles, Reval roadstead

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22 December 1918

Reval

Lat 59.45, Long 24.79

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23 December 1918

Reval to Kunda Bay, to Reval

Lat 59.55, Long 26.53

  6.33am: Aweigh

  6.50am: Proceeded, with HMS Wakeful; courses as requisite for Kunda Bay

11.50am: Anchored starboard in 5 fathoms, veered to 2½ shackles

  2.00pm: Opened fire in support of Estonian landing party

  2.57pm: Ceased fire

  3.00pm: Aweigh; proceeded to Reval

  7.07pm: Anchored port in 7½ fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

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24 December 1918

Reval

Lat 59.45, Long 24.79

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25 December 1918

Reval

Lat 59.45, Long 24.79

10.00am: Divine service

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26 December 1918

Reval

Lat 59.45, Long 24.79

11.59am: Aweigh; proceeded in chase of enemy destroyer

12.32pm: Enemy surrendered; returned to harbour

  2.45pm: Anchored starboard in 8 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

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27 December 1918

Reval and cruising

Lat 59.72, Long 25.78

12.50am: Aweigh; proceeded with HMS Caradoc and HMS Wakeful

  5.30am: Passed destroyer at 3 cables to northward, on opposite course

  7.00am: Courses as requisite rounding N point of Hogland and returning to Reval along S shore

11.50am: Sighted smoke ahead; sighted and engaged enemy destroyer; enemy surrendered

  3.30pm: Anchored starboard in 7 fathoms, veered to 4 shackles

  7.00pm: Embarked prisoners

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28 December 1918

Reval

Lat 59.45, Long 24.79

  3.00pm: Commissioned Avtroil with prize crew

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29 December 1918

Reval

Lat 59.45, Long 24.79

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30 December 1918

Reval

Lat 59.45, Long 24.79

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31 December 1918

Reval

Lat 59.45, Long 24.79

  9.15am: Proceeded alongside HMS Cardiff; received 333 tons oil

  2.30pm: Cast off and anchored

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Further notes on events in the Baltic:

The Baltic States of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania declared independence from Germany and Russia following the Armistice.

A British force that included the 6^th light cruiser squadron (Cardiff [flag], Calypso, Caradoc, Ceres and Cassandra) was sent to support the Baltic States. After the early loss of Cassandra, sunk by a mine on 5 December, 1918, the force provided bombardment in support of Estonians who were attempting to cut the Bolsheviks' supply lines. Calypso, Caradoc, Vendetta, Vortigen and Wakeful, under the command of Captain Bertram Thesiger of Calypso, were left to support the Estonians while the rest of the flotilla continued to Riga. Captain Thesiger's ships captured two Bolshevik destroyers, Spartak and Avtroil.

https://ptdockyardat.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/navalactionsofthercw.pdf

Tales of Sub-Lieutenant Ilyin; A prisoner of the British:

http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/government/red-army/1918/raskolnikov/ilyin/ch04.htm

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