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Revision as of 18:24, 1 August 2018

H.M.S. Curacoa (1917)
Pendant Number: A7 (Jan 1918)
62 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Mar/Apr 1916[3]
Laid down: Jul, 1916[4]
Launched: 5 May, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1918[6]
Collision: 2 Oct, 1942[7]
Fate: w/ Queen Mary

H.M.S. Curacoa was one of five light cruisers of the Ceres class. Her name was so variously spelled that a small article was written in Warship 2012 to resolve the name as Curacoa.[8]

Service

Curacoa was fitted with a director system when she commissioned in February, 1918.[9] She immediately went to Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron, becoming the flagship of Rear-Admiral, Harwich Force Tyrwhitt.

She paid off at Chatham on 11 June, 1919.[10]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 26 August, 1921 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

The cruiser re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 12 May, 1925. By mid-1927, she was serving as flagship of the Second Cruiser Squadron.[12]

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 18 August, 1928.[13]

She re-commissioned on 4 September, 1929.[14]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 March, 1932.[15]

Curacoa was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1933 for service as a Gunnery and Torpedo School Cruiser.[16]

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. ↑ Dent, Stephen. H.M.S. Curacoa - What's in a Name?, Warship 2012, pp. 172-4.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 771.
  18. ↑ Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  19. ↑ Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  20. ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  21. ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  22. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  23. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
  27. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  28. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  29. ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  31. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  32. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  33. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  36. ↑ "Command of the Curacoa." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 10, 1936; pg. 23; Issue 47268.
  37. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  39. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  40. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  42. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  43. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  44. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  45. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  46. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  47. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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.
  • Kelly, Peter. The Tragic Loss of HMS Curacoa in Warship 1997-1998


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