HMS Caroline

[AndyJWest]

HMS Caroline: "A warship surviving from World War One is to be turned into a museum, after receiving more than £11 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund - the largest grant it has ever given in the UK"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29672262

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Caroline_(1914)

[Herr-Berbunch]

Good news! :yeah:

[Aktungbby]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbuna http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/viewpost.gif (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2247405#post2247405)
HMS Caroline, a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, is launched (she is decommissioned in 2011).
http://s28.postimg.org/kufwcdia5/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

"Upon Caroline's decommissioning in 2011, 97 years!:rock: her future was uncertain. Proposals have been made to return the ship to her First World War appearance, which among other things would involve sourcing and installing 4-inch (102-mm) guns of that era. One proposal considered was to remain in Belfast as a museum vessel within the Titanic Quarter Exhibit development Another was a move to Portsmouth, with many of her original fittings restored to return her as much as possible to her First World War appearance.
In June 2012 plans to move Caroline to Portsmouth were announced, subject to the availability of funding However, in October 2012 the Northern Ireland government announced that the ship would remain in Belfast and that the National Heritage Memorial Fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Heritage_Memorial_Fund) had pledged £1,000,000 to help to restore her In May 2013 the Heritage Lottery Fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Lottery_Fund) announced an £845,600 grant to support conversion work as a museum.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/HMS_%27Caroline%27%2C_Alexandra_Dock_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660308.jpg/220px-HMS_%27Caroline%27%2C_Alexandra_Dock_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660308.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_%27Caroline%27,_Alexandra_Dock_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_660308.jpg)
Stern view of Caroline at night (click to enlarge)


At her decommissioning in 2011, Caroline held the title of the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service,(after HMS Victory) as well as being the last First World War British light cruiser in service. She is the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland!!. HMS Caroline retains the record of having the fastest build time of any significant warship – nine months from her keel being laid until her launch.":salute:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Caroline_(1914 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Caroline_(1914))


AHEM! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2247498#post2247498 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2247498#post2247498)

A slight improvement since my post of 9/30/14 They upped the ante considerably! http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2247498#post2247498 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2247498#post2247498) :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Posts undeleted and restored, they compliment the thread well.

Good to see the old girl still has plenty of life in her :cool: