Briton Letters 1915-1916

• Main Authors: Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve, England and Wales. Admiralty
• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1915
• Subjects: Briton (Ship); Calypso (Ship); Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve > Records and correspondence; England and Wales. Admiralty > Records and correspondence; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/calypso/id/2192

Letters from the Secretary of the Admiralty to the Commanding Officer of HMS Briton regarding the service of certain Newfoundland Reservists. Also included are letters from the Commander of HMS Calypso to Sir Walter E. Davidson, Governor of Newfoundland, regarding the passages of Newfoundland Reservists, as well as letters from the Secretary of the Admiralty to the Commanding Officer of HMS Calypso regarding the passages and service of Newfoundland Reservists. The HMS Calypso Fonds consists of records relating to the ship's construction and later service with the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. -- Ship history: HMS Calypso built in 1881-3 as a British Navy corvette, later reclassified as a third-class cruiser; transferred to the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve in 1902 as a training ship, docked in St. John's Harbour; renamed HMS Briton in 1916; decommissioned in 1922 and sold to Newfoundland merchantile firm A.H. Murray and Company, who used the hull for coal and salt storage; moved to Lewisporte in 1952, then towed in 1968 to a bay near Embree and burned, where it still lies derelict in the water.