page_title: HMS Calypso (1883)
section_title: Later use, and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Calypso (1883) / Later use, and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Derelict hulk of HMS Briton being used for salt storage. Lewisporte, Newfoundland. August, 1955.
context_page_description: HMS Calypso was a corvette of the Royal Navy and the name ship of its namesake class. Built for distant cruising in the heyday of the British Empire, the vessel served as a warship and training vessel until 1922, when it was sold.
  Originally classified as a screw corvette, Calypso was also one of the Royal Navy’s last sailing corvettes but supplemented an extensive sail rig with a powerful engine. Among the first of the smaller cruisers to be given steel hulls instead of iron, the hull nevertheless was cased with timber and coppered below the water line, as were wooden ships.
  Unlike Calliope, the more famous member of ths class, Calypso had a quiet career, consisting mainly of training cruises in the Atlantic Ocean. In 1902 the warship was sent to the colony of Newfoundland and served as a training ship for the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve before and during the First World War. In 1922 Calypso was declared surplus and sold, then used as a storage hulk. Her hull still exists, awash in the Bay of Exploits off Newfoundland.
context_section_description: Briton was sold in 1922, and was used in St. John's for the storage of salt.  In 1952 the hulk was moved to Lewisporte harbour. Some thought was given to preservation, but in 1968 it was towed to a coastal bay near Embree, and burned to the waterline.  The hull still is there, awash in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.  The cruiser's anchor sits outside a local inn, and other artefacts are in museums.
  A 12lb deck guns was removed in 1965 and taken to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #12 in Grand Falls, NL and was positioned on the front of the Legion building.  A 12lb shell that was removed from that same gun in 1965 as well as a 5" shell from Calypso was turned over to the RCMP for disposal as it has been suspected to still be live. Those two shells from the Calypso sat on a shelf in the Branch 12 Military Museum for over 35 years in plain view and accessible to everyone.  (From the Historical Committee, Royal Canadian Legion, Grand Falls Branch #12, NL)
  These remnants are not the sole remaining legacy. Calypso, created as a ship of war, has given its name another training institution, but one with peaceful purposes.  Inspired by the traditions of the ship where Newfoundlanders once trained to be competent and able seamen for the Royal Navy, the Calypso Foundation of Lewisporte trains developmentally disabled individuals to become productive workers and live independently. This charitable foundation carries on the name of HMS Calypso.
caption: The derelict hulk of Briton being used for salt storage. August 1955. Lewisporte, Newfoundland.
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