An item reported that the decision was made that a light cruiser in addition to the two at that moment stationed in the Baltic was to act as wireless telegraphy link ship at Copenhagen, Denmark when the Greenwich returned to England in August. The HMS Carysfort was to perform this duty and would leave Portsmouth on 29 July bound for Copenhagen.(1)
Note
1. Part of the C-class light cruisers Caroline sub-class, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by D-class. Building ordered in July-August 1913, laid down on 25 February 1914, launched on 14 November 1914, completed in June 1915 and sold to be broken up in August 1931
Source
The National Archives CAB-24-109-68. Secret Admiralty Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 2 dated 17 July 1920
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