From the Dec. 25, 2012, Belfast (Northern Ireland) Telegraph "Funding bid for World War I ship."
Additional money is needed to help preserve and restore the light cruiser HMS Caroline. It has already received a million pound grant.
The ship was commissioned in 1914 and is the last ship still afloat that fought in the epic Battle of Jutland during World War I. During the Second World War it serves as a base of operations in the battle against U-boats. Belfast was a major base for many of the warships that escorted Atlantic and Russian convoys.
After WW II, it served as the static headquarters and training base of the Royal Navy Reserve. It was decommissioned in 2011, the second oldest British warship after the HMS Victory.
It is hoped the ship will be finished by the time of the centennial of the Battle of Jutland in three years.
Here's Hoping. --Cooter
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