Calypso Letter A.H. Murray 1952

• Main Author: Murray, David H.
• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1952
• Subjects: Calypso (Ship); A. H. Murray and Company; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/calypso/id/3286

A copy of a letter written to the Editor, Shipbuilding and Shipping Record, London by David H. Murray of A.H. Murray 2 August 1952 outlining the history of the Calypso. 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.