Overview
HMS Caledon was a member of the Caledon class.
HMS Caledon is associated with United Kingdom and Royal Navy. It belonged to Caledon class, so the class page provides the shared design history while this page concentrates on the individual ship.
Construction and identity
The available construction record identifies HMS Caledon as built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, laid down on 1916-03-17, launched on 1916-11-25, and completed on 1917-03.
The ship's documented identity includes service with Royal Navy.
Service history
Served with the Grand Fleet and later was rebuilt as an anti-aircraft cruiser in World War II.
The ship's configuration should be interpreted through the documented class and the dates attached to this individual vessel; equipment should not be assumed to have remained unchanged throughout service.
Class context: Caledon class
Caledon class was one of the seven Royal Navy C-class light-cruiser subgroups built around the First World War.
As a member of Caledon class, HMS Caledon shared the class's documented design framework and intended roles of Scouting and Fleet screening. Individual refits, transfers, and wartime changes belong to this ship only when separately documented.
Later service and disposition
sold for breaking up. The associated date is 1948-01-22.
HMS Caledon matters as an individual career within Caledon class, allowing class-wide design history to be separated from this ship's own construction, identities, service, and fate.
Class relationship
This ship is recorded as a member of Caledon class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.
Sources and further reading
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921Conway Maritime Press
- British Warships 1914–1919 ↗Ian Allan / Naval-History.Net · accessed 2026-09-18
- British Cruisers: Two World Wars and AfterSeaforth Publishing
- C-class cruiser ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-18