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==Service==
==Service==
''Curacoa'' was fitted with a director system in February, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
''Curacoa'' was fitted with a director system when she commissioned in February, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} She immediately went to {{UK-LCS|5}}, becoming the flagship of Rear-Admiral, [[Harwich Force]] Tyrwhitt.


She paid off at Chatham on 11 June, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 756}}
She paid off at Chatham on 11 June, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 756}}
She re-commissioned at Chatham on 26 August, 1921 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 229}}
The cruiser re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 12 May, 1925.  By mid-1927, she was serving as flagship of the {{UK-CS|2}}.{{NLJul27|p. 229}}
She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 18 August, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 229}}
She re-commissioned on 4 September, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 228}}
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 March, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 227}}
''Curacoa'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1933 for service as a Gunnery and Torpedo School Cruiser.{{NLJul37|p. 227}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Barry Edward Domvile|nick=Barry E. Domvile|appt=9 January, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 771}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Barry Edward Domvile|nick=Barry E. Domvile|appt=9 January, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 771}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Stanhope Rashleigh|nick=Vernon S. Rashleigh|appt=May, 1921<ref>Rashleigh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/117.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=11 July, 1921<ref>Rashleigh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/117.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy|nick=Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy|appt=September 1921<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>|end=17 April, 1922<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy|nick=Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy|appt=September 1921<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>|end=17 April, 1922<ref>Rowley-Conwy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/83.|D7576589}} ff. 83, 232.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Charles Buckle|nick=Hugh C. Buckle|appt=17 April, 1922<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/38.|D7603545}} f. 38.</ref>|end=15 May, 1923<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/38.|D7603545}} f. 38.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Charles Buckle|nick=Hugh C. Buckle|appt=17 April, 1922<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/38.|D7603545}} f. 38.</ref>|end=15 May, 1923<ref>Buckle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/38.|D7603545}} f. 38.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=15 May, 1923<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=15 May, 1925<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=15 May, 1923<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=15 May, 1925<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=15 May, 1925{{MackieRNW}}<ref>Day of month taken from predecessor.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=15 May, 1925<ref>Day of month taken from predecessor.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=16 May, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=16 May, 1927<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=16 May, 1929<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=16 May, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 229}}<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=16 May, 1929<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=July, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=June, 1929<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>|ass=11 July, 1929{{ToL|Cruiser to Commission|Monday, Jun 24, 1929; pg. 7; Issue 45237}}|end=c. 9 October, 1929{{INF}}|note=for period of trials, then took ship to Mediterranean}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=13 March, 1931<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|ass=31 March, 1931<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|end=12 March, 1932<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Domvile}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=Henry E. C. Blagrove|appt=9 October, 1929{{ToL|Third Cruiser Squadron|Wednesday, Sep 11, 1929; pg. 6; Issue 45305}}|end=April, 1931|note=and as flag captain of {{UK-CS|3}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Bernard Rawlings|nick=Henry B. Rawlings|appt=March, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=13 March, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 228}}<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|ass=31 March, 1931<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|end=12 March, 1932<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Domvile}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=December, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Bernard Rawlings|nick=Henry B. Rawlings|appt=12 March, 1932|end=December, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Lindsay Burnett|nick=Robert L. Burnett|appt=April, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=1 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 227}}|ass=1 December, 1932|end=3 January, 1933}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Robert Hammick|nick=Alexander R. Hammick|appt=2 January 1933<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>|end=April, 1933<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Lindsay Burnett|nick=Robert L. Burnett|appt=25 April, 1933|end=1 August, 1933}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Malcolm Peters|nick=Arthur M. Peters|appt=1933|end=13 April, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Malcolm Peters|nick=Arthur M. Peters|appt=1933|end=13 April, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clement Moody|nick=Clement Moody|appt=31 December, 1934|end=14 January, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=13 April, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 227}}|end=31 December, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson|nick=Randolph S. G. Nicholson|appt=January, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clement Moody|nick=Clement Moody|appt=31 December, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 227}}|end=14 January, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy|nick=Edward D. B. McCarthy|appt=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson|nick=Randolph S. G. Nicholson|appt=10 January, 1936|ass=10 January, 1936{{ToL|Command of the Curacoa|Friday, Jan 10, 1936; pg. 23; Issue 47268}}|end=11 January, 1937}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Shelley|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy|nick=Edward D. B. McCarthy|appt=11 January, 1937{{NavAppts|28 Oct. 1936, p. 7}}{{NLJul37|p. 227}}|end=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=December, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Shelley|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=14 January, 1938<ref>Shelley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/185.|}} f. 185.</ref>|end=24 February, 1939<ref>Shelley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/185.|}} f. 185.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett|nick=Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett|appt=August, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=5 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=4 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Henry Paton|nick=Stuart H. Paton|appt=February, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel Haultain Phillips|nick=Lionel H. Phillips|appt=4 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=11 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Wilfrid Boutwood|nick=John W. Boutwood|appt=June, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=2 October, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=11 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=10 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett|nick=Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett|appt=10 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=20 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|note=vice Aylmer}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Henry Paton|nick=Stuart H. Paton|appt=20 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=13 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Wilfrid Boutwood|nick=John W. Boutwood|appt=13 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 00:46, 16 June 2022

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. ↑ Rashleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/117. f. ?.
  19. ↑ Rashleigh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/117. f. ?.
  20. ↑ Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  21. ↑ Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  22. ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  23. ↑ Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  24. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  25. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  26. ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
  28. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  29. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  30. ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  31. ↑ "Third Cruiser Squadron." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 11, 1929; pg. 6; Issue 45305.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  33. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  34. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  35. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  37. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  38. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 227.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.
  41. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 Oct. 1936, p. 7.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  43. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  44. ↑ Shelley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/185. f. 185.
  45. ↑ Shelley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/185. f. 185.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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