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HMS Concord (1916)

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434: 461: 33: 54: 377:, Polish pianist and composer, a member of the Polish National Committee re-organising Polish state after 123 years of partitions, arrived at Gdańsk (Danzig) on board HMS Concord on his way to Poznań and Warsaw. He formed the first Cabinet of the re-born Poland which on 26 January 1919 organised the first elections. 583:
in October 1927. She returned to service to transport troops to China in February 1928, and from October to November 1928 underwent a refit. She then was assigned to the Signals School at Portsmouth, remaining in service there until January 1933. After the death of the exiled King
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in 1914. When the First World War started, construction was halted. A considerable amount of material had already been prepared, and much of this was used in the construction of HMS
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recommissioned in May 1924 to return to the Mediterranean Fleet for more duty with the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron. In 1925 she was attached to the
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Dodson, Aidan (2024). "The Development of the British Royal Navy's Pennant Numbers Between 1919 and 1940".
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was placed on the sale list in November 1934 and was sold in August 1935 for
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was decommissioned in January 1933 and placed under dockyard control.
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in December 1918, and liberating British prisoners of war from
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for service in the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron in the
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Concord in Sydney Harbour" 537:recommissioned in October 1919 at 14: 567:), then from 1925 to 1926 to the 1216:Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness 588:, she transported his coffin to 52: 31: 23:Royal Navy C-class light cruiser 257:(52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph) 613:. She arrived at the yards of 592:, Portugal, on 2 August 1932. 334:1 inch upper decks (amidships) 1: 522:on 25 December 1918 and from 488:, which operated as part of 362:that saw service during the 1242: 644:British Warships 1914–1919 15: 1189: 1163: 224:14.6 ft (4.5 m) 178: 45: 30: 208:446 ft (136 m) 778:Dunn, Steve R. (2022). 757:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 366:. 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HMS Concord

Vickers Limited
Pennant number
scrapping
C-class
light cruiser
knots
6-inch (152 mm)
3-inch (76 mm)
2-pounder
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
C-class
light cruiser
Royal Navy
First World War
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ottoman Empire
scout cruisers
HMS Centaur
Vickers Limited
laid down
launched

sister ship
Cardiff
Copenhagen

Stettin

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