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HMS Amphion (1911) CC (5th) |
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This the fifth ship to carry the name HMS Amphion was a
Scout Cruiser . Built at Pembroke Dock, laid down 15-Mar-1911, launched 04-Dec-1911 and completed Mar-1913. On completion served as the Senior Officers Ship 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (L Class), 1913-14. Then with the Harwich Force 1914. Became the first Royal Navy loss of WW1 06-Aug-1914, when she struck a mine with the loss of 148 of her crew. The minefield had been laid by the German ship SMS Koningen Luise, which Amphion and her flotilla had just sunk.
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22 June, 2012.
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