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HMS Caledonia was first opened in 1937 and responsible for artificer apprentice training from 1937 to 1985, with many thousands of young men going through training. Following the consolidation of naval training in 1985, the site lost its training status with the former apprentice training moving to HMS Sultan in Gosport .
HMS Caledonia was a training ship launched in 1810 as the 98-gun second rate HMS Impregnable (1810). She became a training ship in 1862, was renamed HMS Kent in 1888, HMS Caledonia in 1891, and was sold for breaking up in 1906. HMS Caledonia was a cadet training ship, formerly the liner RMS Majestic (1914). She was transferred to the navy in ...
The Admiralty orders for Caledonia ' s construction were issued in November 1794, for a 100-gun vessel measuring approximately 2,600 tons burthen.There were considerable delays in obtaining dockyard facilities and in assembling a workforce, and actual building did not commence until 1805 when the keel was laid down at Plymouth Dockyard.
USS Caledonia was a brig, formerly HMS Caledonia, that the United States Navy captured during the War of 1812 and took into American service. The brig played an important role with the American squadron on Lake Erie, and was sold at the end of the war. [1] Caledonia was the first warship in the U.S. Navy to carry that name.
Pages in category "Caledonia-class ships of the line" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... C. HMS Caledonia (1808) N. HMS Neptune (1832) P.
Caledonia was a British brig which saw service on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. Caledonia was built in Malden in Upper Canada for the North West Company , and launched in 1807. During the early part of the War, the vessel was commandeered by the Provincial Marine , and played an important part in the Siege of Fort Mackinac , carrying ...
HMS Caledonia was flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet until 1869 (relieving HMS Victoria, the last three-deck Royal Navy flagship) until 1872. [citation needed] In July 1871, she ran aground off Santorini, Greece. She was later refloated and taken in to Malta for repairs. [1] She was a guardship in the Firth of Forth from 1872 until 1875.
Restaurant ship Old Caledonia 1973 in London. PS Caledonia was a paddle steamer built in 1934. She principally provided an Upper Clyde ferry service, later moving to Ayr and then Craigendoran. [citation needed] During the Second World War, she served in the Royal Navy as a minesweeper and then an auxiliary anti-aircraft ship under the name HMS ...