Talk:HMS Caroline (1914)

USS Constitution
The USS Constitution is also commissioned and manned by a full U.S. Navy crew, so the author of this article should change the claim that Caroline is the second oldest commissioned warship in the world after Victory.

The USS Constitution is not the oldest warship on a continuous commission, other than HMS Victory. HMS Caroline has never been paid off, unlike the Constituion. Should this be reflected? B3bmcwi 14:24, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Continuous commission claim
The claim is mistaken anyway, since the ironclad Huáscar (ship) has been (and still is) on continuous commission since 1866. Mel Romero 01:38, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The claim is accurate. Huascar was decommissioned in 1897 and recommissioned as a heritage ship in 1934. Benea 01:50, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * And looking more closely at the source cited here, she was not in fact 'recommissioned as a heritage ship' but 'she was restored as a historical relic', something quite different. I will alter the article accordingly. Benea 01:59, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Current armament status ?
Anybody have details of current armaments on board ? Any original remaining ? It would be good to note current status on the page.Rcbutcher (talk) 04:31, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

News on decommissioning, etc
Belfast Telegraph

David (talk) 11:53, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Further information (not verified but believed to be true)
Builder: Cammel-Laird (Builder's number: 803)

Dimensions: overall 446 ft, Between perpendiculars 420ft

Displacement: 3750 tons nominal 3800? tons full load

Armamemt: F'castle: 4 x 4"Q/F (replaced 1917-1919 by centreline 6"B/L and 2 x 3" high angle Waist: 4 x 4"Q/F (replaced 1917-1919 by centreline 6"B/L Twin 21" torpedo tube mountings midships on each side 2 x 3lb saluting guns Aft: 2 x centreline 6"B/L (superfiring)

Protection: 3" midships, 2 1/2" - 1 1/2" bows, 2 1/2 - 2" stern, 1" upper deck and rudder head

Machinery: 4 x parsons turbines, 8 Yarrow boilers, 4 screws, 30,000 hp = 28 1/2 knots (917 tons fuel oil) (have heard of reports of 29 1/2 knots on trials)

Service Record: Grand Fleet (4th flotilla?) 1915 1st and 4th light cruiser squadrons 1915 - 1918 East Indes Fleet? 1919 - 1922 Paid off to reserve at Devonport 1922 Arrived in Belfast as drill ship Ulster Division RNVR 1924

Alterations and additions 1917 - 1919 included (in addition to those mentioned above): Tripod mast and control top replaced original pole mast Rangefinder/searchlight/after control tower added 1917 then replaced by rangefinder 1919

Ship's Motto: TENAX PROPOSITI

Batavia 1906 Bandaneira 1910 Java 1811 Jutland 1916

hope this may be useful as this ship is unique and the more that is recorded the better Billy.mckeown@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.172.116.186 (talk) 19:32, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

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