H.M.S. Capetown (1919): Difference between revisions
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
m (→Captains) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Capetown'' re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 222}} | |||
==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
Revision as of 18:36, 22 May 2017
| H.M.S. Capetown (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 88 (Nov 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down: | 23 Feb, 1918 |
| Launched: | 18 Jun, 1919 |
| Sold: | Apr, 1948 |
Service
Capetown re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1924.[2]
Fire Control
Listed in June 1918 as one of 8 light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Edward R. Jones, 8 April, 1922[4]
- Captain Kenneth G. B. Dewar, February, 1923[5] – May, 1924[6]
- Captain George H. Knowles, 15 May, 1924[7][8] – June, 1926[9]
- Captain Oswald H. Dawson, 15 May, 1926[10] – 8 August, 1927[11]
- Captain The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond, July, 1927[12]
- Captain W. E. Campbell Tait, July, 1929[13]
- Captain Douglas A. Budgen, 17 July, 1934[14] – 8 June, 1936[15]
- Captain Cuthbert Coppinger, 8 June, 1936[16] – 10 October, 1938[17]
- Captain Terence H. Back, July, 1939[18] – November, 1940[19]
- Captain Percival H. G. James, November, 1940[20] – April, 1941[21]
- Captain Percival H. G. James, September, 1941[22] – November, 1942[23]
- Captain George E. M. O'Donnell, 17 November, 1942[24] – 12 July, 1943[25] (vice a man with last name "James")
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 222.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 733.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 222.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/97. f. 97.
- ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
- ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
- ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
- ↑ O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
Bibliography
- 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, 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.
| Capetown Class Light Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capetown | Cairo | Calcutta | Carlisle | Colombo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Danae Class | Minor Cruisers (UK) | Emerald Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
