Calypso became the training ship for the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve in 1902 and was renamed HMS Briton during the First World War. Calliope became a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship, briefly carried the name Helicon, and survived until sale in 1951. Her name then passed to another drill ship and finally to the Royal Navy Reserve stone frigate HMS Calliope on the Gateshead bank of the Tyne. The original Calliope narrowly missed the era when preservation might have been possible. The careers show how obsolete cruisers could retain institutional value by training reservists and lending historic identity to later establishments.
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Training ships, reserve drill ships, and inherited names
Both protected corvettes outlived their fighting careers through training and reserve service, while their names passed to later ships and shore establishments.