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Unit / Ship / Establishment:
HMS Highflyer
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| In 1917 HMS Highflyer was transferred to the West Indies and North America Squadron. This was the period of unrestricted submarine warfare, and it was eventually decided to operate a convoy system in the North Atlantic. On 10 July 1917 HMS Highflyer provided the escort for convoy HS 1, the first convoy to sail from Canada to Britain. She was at Halifax for the Halifax Explosion on 6 December 1917, and assisted rescue efforts in the aftermath. She survived to become the last Victorian cruiser in service with the Royal Navy, remaining in commission until 1921 as flagship of the East Indies station in Bombay when she was sold there for scrap on 10 June of that year. |
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