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at Sydney' (a longer piece from the writer's own perspective reminiscing about his experience of the ship's spell in Australia, and his shipmates). In various prose pieces, he also describes several other aspects and episodes of the time, such as the Japanese surrender.
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to salute visiting royalty and ships until the closure of the Marine Engineering School in 1985. HMS Caledonia (1946 shore establishment) was an artificers' training establishment commissioned in 1946 and paid off in 1985.
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saw out 1954 as a ferry, troop carrier and helicopter base. 1956 was the end of the ship's active career, as she was placed in reserve. In 1961,
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in April 1951 for the first of three wartime deployments. The first deployment ended in September of that year, but
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was back on station from January to May 1952 and November 1952 to May 1953. After the very active service of the
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shortly thereafter on 6 September 1945 to accept the surrender of the Japanese garrison there.
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on 27 November 1943 by Lady Cynthia Brooke, wife of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
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12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
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for use as a saluting battery. The four guns were described as "Ordnance, quick firing,
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Whilst in reserve at Rosyth, four guns were removed and supplied to
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Admiral Lord Mountbatten inspecting the officers of
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