An item reported that the British aircraft carrier HMS Vindictive (1) was to depart from Portsmouth, England on 24 January bound for Gibraltar with replacement crews for the HMS cruiser Caradoc (2) and sloop Crocus (3) and for the stone frigate Egmont (4) and dispatch vessel Surprise (5) at Malta. She was to bring the released crews back to Devonport and Portsmouth, England and then again added to the Portsmouth Reserve.
Notes
1. Part of Hawkins-class heavy cruisers, building ordered in April 1916, laid down as Cavenish with yard number 500 by Harland&Wolff, Belfast, Ireland on 29 June 1916, launched on 17 January 1918, converted into an aircraft carrier during the building, renamed Vindictive in June 1918, completed on 19 October 1918, converted into a cruiser in 1924, converted into a training ship between 1936-1937, into a repair ship in 1939, destroyer torpedo ship since 1944 and broken up in 1946
2. C-class light cruiser Caledon sub-class, preceded by Arethusa-class, succeeded by Danae-class, laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 21 February 1916, launched on 23 December 1916, commissioned on 15 June 1917, accommodation ship since April 1944, decommissioned in December 1945 and sold to be broken up on 5 April 1946.
3. Part of Arabis-class minesweeping sloops, preceded by Azalea-class, succeeded by Aubrietia-class, launched by Lobnitz and Company, Renfrew, Scotland on 24 December 1915 and sold at Bombay [Mumabi, India] in July 1930
4. The Fort St. Angelo at Birgu, Malta 1912-1933, a stone frigate
5. Yacht built in 1896 by Ailsa Shipbuilding, served in the Russian navy as Razsvet until she was seized in 1918 becoming a dispatch vessel, renamed Surprise in 1920, sold in 1923 , recommisione in 1939 retaining her name Surprise and sunk off Lagos, Nigeria on 28 February 1942.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB/24/118/41
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