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H.M.S. Centaur (1916)
Pendant Number: 36 (Sep 1915)
34 (Jan 1918)
10 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1914-15 Programme[3]
Laid down: 24 Jan, 1915[4]
Launched: 6 Jan, 1916[5]
Commissioned: Aug, 1916[6]
Sold: Feb, 1934[7]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Centaur recommissioned at Malta on 19 June, 1920.[8]

She paid off at Devonport on 4 October, 1923.[9]

Alterations

Centaur and her sister Concord were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.[10] They also had the first Evershed Bearing Indicator installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 743.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 223.
  10. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 29.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392g.
  13. ↑ Domvile Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 465.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 754.
  15. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  16. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  17. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 372.
  18. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 372.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
  21. ↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
  22. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  23. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  24. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  25. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  26. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  27. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 222.
  29. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  30. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.

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, 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.
  • 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.


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