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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Victor Hilary Danckwerts|nick=Victor H. Danckwerts|appt=July, 1930{{MackieRNW}}<ref>http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersD.html</ref>}}

Revision as of 11:01, 29 April 2015

H.M.S. Caradoc (1916)
Pendant Number: A0 (Jun 1917)
28 (Jan 1918)
55 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Scott[2]
Ordered: Dec, 1915[3]
Laid down: 21 Feb, 1916[4]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1916[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1917[6]
Sold: Apr, 1946[7]
Fate: Broken up

Service

She recommissioned on 29 Februrary, 1919.[8]

Alterations

Caradoc was fitted with a director in June, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  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. 740.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 751.
  11. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Superseded that day. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  17. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  18. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersD.html

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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