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HMS Curacoa was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was one of the five ships of the Ceres sub-class and spent much of her career as a flagship . The ship was assigned to the Harwich Force during the war, but saw little action as she was completed less than a year before the war ended.
There many references to the disasters TV series but the episode link is dead, and the claims supported by it are contradicted by the book review of (* D. Thomas, Patrick Homes and P. Holmes: "Queen Mary" and the Cruiser: "Curacoa" Disaster (1997) ISBN 0-85052-548-9 Summary/review). Not clear if Curacoa also zig-zagging, or where the blame was ...
HMS Curacoa (1809), a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1809. She was reduced to 24 guns in 1831 and broken up in 1849. HMS Curacoa (1854), a wood screw frigate launched in 1854. She was flagship of the Australia Station during the New Zealand Wars and was broken up in 1869. HMS Curacoa (1878), a screw corvette launched in 1878 and sold in 1904.
Commissioner: Alwyn Braaf [3] [4] Director General of Police and Safety Regions at the Ministry of Justice and Security: Monique Vogelzang [5] Force manager: David van Weel, Minister of Justice and Security. Chief Prosecutor: Guillano Schoop [6]
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In the short engagement, the Germans fired at least five 10.5 cm (4.13 in) shells at the petroleum tanks. None hit their target but the sound of the explosions woke up the sleeping Dutch coastal artillery detachment on the island. They rushed to their two 120 mm (4.7 in) naval gun battery that protected the tanks and opened fire.
In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the issue of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Curacoa 1 Jany. 1807" to any surviving claimants from the action; [6] Sixty-five medals were issued. The British commissioned Kenau Hasselar as Halstarr at Jamaica under Captain John Parrish. She was broken up in 1809. [1]