HMS Calypso (1883)
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HMS Calypso was a corvette of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of her namesake class. Built for distant cruising in the heyday of the British Empire, the vessel served as a warship and training vessel
HMS Calypso
H.M.S. Calypso, sketched by a young Robert Falcon Scott in 1883
HMS Calypso in 1897, by W L Wyllie
Under full sail (1898)
BL 6-inch Mk II–VI naval gun
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The BL 6-inch gun Marks II, III, IV and VI were the second and subsequent generations of British 6-inch rifled breechloading naval guns, designed by the Royal Gun Factory in the 1880s following the fi
HMS Calypso (1883)
…a single screw Sail plan Barque rig Speed 13.75 knots (25.47 km/h; 15.82 mph) powered; 14.75 knots (27.32 km/h; 16.97 mph) forced draught Armament 4 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mark II 26 calibre guns 12 × BL 5-inch (127.0 mm) guns 6 × QF Nordenfelt guns 4 × Gardner machine guns 2 × 14-inch (360 mm) torpedo carriages Armour Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) over…
Mk IV gun on disappearing carriage at Lei Yue Mun Fort, Hong Kong
Seen mounted on a sponson on third class cruiser HMS Cossack circa. 1900
Mk IV or VI gun on disappearing mounting under construction at the Royal Carriage Factory, Woolwich, 1890s
A Mark II and a Mark IV (a Mk VII is mounted, behind), awaiting restoration at the Bermuda Maritime Museum, in the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda