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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|nick=Benjamin W. Barrow|appt=15 July, 1922<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|end=29 July, 1924<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R.A. [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Waistell]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|nick=Benjamin W. Barrow|appt=15 July, 1922<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|end=29 July, 1924<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R.A. [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Waistell]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=29 July, 1924<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=August, 1926<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A [[George Henry Baird|Baird]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=29 July, 1924<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=August, 1926<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A [[George Henry Baird|Baird]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=7 August, 1926|end=14 January, 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=7 August, 1926|end=14 January, 1929|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A The Hon. [[Herbert Meade]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=8 May, 1930<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=10 July, 1930<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=for trials}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=8 May, 1930<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=10 July, 1930<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=for trials}}
 
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Revision as of 09:53, 19 August 2016

H.M.S. Coventry (1917)
Pendant Number: 4C (Jan 1918)
61 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Mar/Apr 1916[3]
Laid down: 4 Aug, 1916[4]
Launched: 6 Jul, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1918[6]
Sunk: 14 Sep, 1942[7]
Fate: Air attack in Med

Service

She recommissioned at Chatham on 1 May, 1920 bearing Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet.[8]

Alterations

Coventry was fitted with a director system in February, 1918.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 753.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 767.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 753.
  15. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  16. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  17. ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
  18. ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
  19. ↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.


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