HMS Caledon
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Two ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Caledon:
was a 16-gun sloop
, previously the French ship Henri. She was captured from the French in 1808 and sold in 1811. was a C class
light cruiser
launched in 1916. She was converted into an anti-aircraft ship in 1943 and was sold for scrapping in 1948.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Caledon:
was a 16-gun sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
, previously the French ship Henri. She was captured from the French in 1808 and sold in 1811. was a C class
C class cruiser
The C class was a group of twenty-eight light cruisers of the Royal Navy, and were built in a sequence of seven classes known as the Caroline , Calliope , Cambrian , Centaur , Caledon , Ceres and Carlisle classes...
light cruiser
Light cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...
launched in 1916. She was converted into an anti-aircraft ship in 1943 and was sold for scrapping in 1948.