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HMS ''Curacoa'', named after the island Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea, was a ''Ceres'' group C-class light cruiser. In 1942, she became one of the Royal Navy's major accidental losses during the Second World War. ==First World War== On commissioning, ''Curacoa'' became flagship of the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, part of the Harwich Force, serving there for the rest of the First World War.〔Whitley 1999, p. 70〕 In April 1919, ''Curacoa'' joined the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the newly established Atlantic Fleet.〔 In May 1919, ''Curacoa'' was deployed to the Baltic as part of the British intervention in the Russian Civil War in support of the White Russians against the Bolsheviks, relieving as the flagship of Rear Admiral Walter Cowan. On 17 May, the ship was en route from Helsinki to Liepāja, when she struck a mine 70 miles east of Reval (now Tallinn. One crewman was killed by the explosion, while Cowan, who was taking a bath at the time, was dumped out of the bath, running to the bridge dressed only in an overcoat until clothing could be brought up from his "day cabin". While damage was relatively minor, it did force the ship to be sent back to England for repair.〔Bennett 2002, p. 109.〕 ''Curacoa'' ended her Baltic deployment as Task Force Flagship, before returning to the UK and being re-deployed to the Mediterranean, where she remained until 1928. Later, in 1935, she was one of four Royal Navy ships featured in the film ''Brown on Resolution'', where she played a German battlecruiser. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Curacoa (D41)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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