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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=November, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 392''g''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=November, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 392''g''}}|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 753}}|note=soon made {{Com2RN}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Laurence Peel Willan|nick=Leonard L. P. Willan|appt=21 December, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 743}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Laurence Peel Willan|nick=Leonard L. P. Willan|appt=21 December, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 743}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=August, 1922{{ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=8 August, 1922<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=15 September, 1923<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|note=left due to illness}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|nick=Evelyn C. O. Thomson|appt=6 June, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=23 September, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|nick=Evelyn C. O. Thomson|appt=6 June, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=23 September, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dudley Burton Napier North|nick=Dudley B. N. North|appt=23 September, 1924<ref>North Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>|end=20 October, 1924<ref>North Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dudley Burton Napier North|nick=Dudley B. N. North|appt=23 September, 1924<ref>North Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>|end=20 October, 1924<ref>North Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 20 April 2015
| H.M.S. Castor (1915) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | C4 (1914) 33 (Jan 1918) 20 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
| Laid down: | 28 Oct, 1914[3] |
| Launched: | 28 Jul, 1915[4] |
| Commissioned: | Nov, 1915[5] |
| Sold: | Jul, 1936[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
H.M.S. Castor was the first of four Cambrian class light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.
Service
She fought at the Battle of Jutland as flag cruiser of the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
She recommissioned at Chatham on 18 April, 1920.[8]
Alterations
Castor was fitted with a director in January, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[9]
Equipment
In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type As.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain James R. P. Hawksley, November, 1915[11] (in command at Battle of Jutland)
- Captain Hugh J. Tweedie, November, 1917[12] (soon made Commodore, Second Class)
- Captain Leonard L. P. Willan, 21 December, 1920[13]
- Captain Aubrey T. Tillard, 8 August, 1922[14] – 15 September, 1923[15] (left due to illness)
- Captain Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 6 June, 1924[16] – 23 September, 1924[17]
- Captain Dudley B. N. North, 23 September, 1924[18] – 20 October, 1924[19]
- Captain Charles D. Burke, 20 October, 1924[20] – 7 May, 1925[21]
- Commander Christopher J. F. Wood, early 1927[22] (on reducing to reserve)
- Captain Leonard S. Holbrook, 15 August, 1927[23] – 18 October, 1927[24] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Nore)
- Captain Alban T. B. Curteis, 18 October, 1927[25][26]
- Captain Wilfred N. Custance, June, 1928[27]
- Captain W. Frederic Wake-Walker, May, 1929[28]
- Commander Lancelot G. Ingham, 8 August, 1932[29] – 31 March, 1933[30]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 743.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 753.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 743.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
- ↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
- ↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
- ↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
- ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Day of month inferred from Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Ingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 393.
- ↑ Ingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 393.
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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