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HMS Caradoc (D 60)

Light cruiser of the Caledon class


HMS Caradoc in May 1942 after her U.S. refit

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassCaledon 
PennantD 60 
Built byScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down21 Feb, 1916 
Launched23 Dec, 1916 
Commissioned15 Jun, 1917 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryBecame a base ship in April 1944.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 5 April 1946.
Scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales in May 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Eric William Longley Longley-Cook, RN
31 July 1939 – June 1940

Capt. Jocelyn Slingsby Bethell, RN
June 1940 – 1 February 1942

Capt. John William Josselyn, DSC, RN
1 February 1942 – ca. mid. 1943

???

A/Capt. E.F. Fitzgerald, RN (retired)
July 1943 – 1 April 1944

Capt. Addison Joe Baker-Creswell, DSO, RN
1 April 1944 - ???

T/A/Cdr. K.E. Gain, RNR
??? – 23 July 1945

Cdr. John Henry Eaden, RN
23 July 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Caradoc include:

23 Oct, 1939
The British light cruiser HMS Orion (Capt. H.R.G. Kinahan, RN) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Saguenay (Lt.Cdr. G.R. Miles, RCN) intercept the German tanker Emmy Friedrich (4372 GRT) in the Yukatan Strait west of Tampico. When the British light cruiser HMS Caradoc (Capt. E.W.L. Longley-Cook, RN) also arrives on the scene the Germans scuttled their own ship to prevent her capture.

11 Dec, 1940
The Dutch sloop HrMs Van Kinsbergen (Cdr. J.L.K. Hoeke) intercepts the German blockade breaker Rhein (6031 GRT) west of the Florida Strait in position 24º55'N, 83º15'W. Unfortunately before the German ship can be captured it is set on fire by her own crew. The wreck is sunk later that day by the British light cruiser HMS Caradoc (Capt. J.S. Bethell, RN). (see map)


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