HMS Calypso (D61) was a C class cruiser of the "Caledon" sub-class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine Bagnolini. The C-class were light cruisers of the Royal Navy, and were built in a number of sub-classes known as the Caroline (six ships), Cambrian (six ships), Centaur (two ships), Caledon (four ships), Ceres (five ships) and Carlisle (five ships) classes. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...

HMS Calypso was built by Hawthorn Leslie. Her keel was laid down in February 1916 and she was completed in June 1917.

HMS Calypso was involved in the 2nd Battle of Heligoland Bight on 17 November 1917 when she and her sister ship HMS Caledon intercepted German minesweepers near the German coast. The battle also involved numerous German and Royal Naval Battleships/crusiers and other ships. During the battle the Calypso's bridge was struck by an 11" shell which killed all personnel on the bridge including the captain. 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Caledon can refer to: Caledon, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland Caledon, Ontario in Canada Caledon River in South Africa This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

HMS Calypso came to the rescue of the Greek royal family in 1922 after King Constantine of Greece abdicated and a military dictatorship seized power. The King's brother, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was banished for life by a revolutionary court and was forced to flee with his family (which included his son, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was just 18 months old).^[1] The British Government had received news of the situation and dispatched HMS Calypso to evacuate them. The family boarded with minimal possessions (Prince Philip was carried onboard in a cot made from an orange box) and taken to Brindisi where they were put on a train to Paris. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923), ruled Greece from 1913-1917 and from 1920-1922. ... Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (January 20, 1882 - December 3, 1944), of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the son of George I (1845-1913), King of the Hellenes, and of Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova (1851-1926) of Russia. ... The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned those titles to serve in the Royal Navy, but did not renounce them. ... Categories: Italy-related stubs | Towns in Puglia ...   City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area...

During the early part of the war HMS Calypso served with the 7th Cruiser Squadron on Northern Patrol duty as a blockade ship in the North Sea between Scotland and Iceland where on 24 September 1939 she intercepted the German merchant ship Minden south of Iceland. The crew of the Minden scuttled her before she could be captured. On 22 November 1939 HMS Calypso captured the German merchant Konsul Hendrik Fisser off Iceland. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

She was also involved in the search for the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau following the sinking of HMS Rawalpindi.

During 1940 she was sent to Alexandria in the eastern Mediterranean.

HMS Calypso had the erroneous distinction of being the first Royal Naval (and British) vessel to be sunk by the Italian navy in World War 2. This was the Italian submarine R.Smg. Alpino Bagnolini captained by C.C. Franco Tosoni Pittoni, at 12.59 am on 12 June 1940 (2 days after Italy declared war on Great Britain) in the Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete (about 50 miles South of Cape Lithion). One torpedo struck the cruiser whilst she was on an anti-shipping patrol against Italian ships travelling to Libya. 1 officer and 38 ratings perished in the sinking. The majority of surviving members of the crew were taken off by the destroyer HMS Dainty where they were taken to Alexandria. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Calypso.

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calypso after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology. ...

References

1. ^ The Times (London), Monday 4 December 1922, p.12