Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Caradoc (1916)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(Captains)
 
(5 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 36: Line 36:
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither|nick=Guy P. Bigg-Wither|appt=14 August, 1921<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 197.</ref>|end=August, 1922<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 197.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither|nick=Guy P. Bigg-Wither|appt=14 August, 1921<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 197.</ref>|end=August, 1922<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 197.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=25 July, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 733}}|end=20 August, 1924<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=25 July, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 733}}|end=20 August, 1924<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald St. Pierre Parry|nick=Reginald St. P. Parry|appt=20 August, 1922<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/83.|}} f. 443.</ref>|end=22 August, 1922<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/83.|}} f. 443.</ref>|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Dundas Hamilton|nick=Hugh D. Hamilton|appt=20 August, 1924<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603875}} f. 375.</ref>|end=27 September, 1926<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603875}} f. 375.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Dundas Hamilton|nick=Hugh D. Hamilton|appt=20 August, 1924<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603875}} f. 375.</ref>|end=27 September, 1926<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603875}} f. 375.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=21 August, 1926<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=May, 1927<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=21 August, 1926<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=May, 1927<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Errol Manners|nick=Errol Manners|appt=June, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 222}}|ass=23 June, 1927|end=2 January, 1928|note=for voyage home}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Errol Manners|nick=Errol Manners|appt=June, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 222}}|ass=23 June, 1927|end=2 January, 1928|note=for voyage home}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry R. Moore|appt=11 September, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 222}}|end=1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry R. Moore|appt=11 September, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 222}}|end=1929}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David Crawfurd Pillans|nick=David C. Pillans|appt=25 February, 1930<ref>Pillans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/78.|}} f. 210.</ref>|end=14 July, 1930<ref>Pillans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/78.|}} f. 210.</ref>|note=during period reduced to Reserve}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Victor Hilary Danckwerts|nick=Victor H. Danckwerts|appt=15 July, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 221}}|end=July, 1932}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Victor Hilary Danckwerts|nick=Victor H. Danckwerts|appt=15 July, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 221}}|end=July, 1932}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Neville Syfret|nick=Edward N. Syfret|appt=19 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 220}}|end=31 August, 1934}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Neville Syfret|nick=Edward N. Syfret|appt=19 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 220}}|end=31 August, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=July, 1934|end=13 May, 1936}}
+
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=17 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 220}}|end=13 May, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Noel Harbrand Beaver|nick=Noel H. Beaver|appt=15 May, 1936|end=30 December, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Noel Harbrand Beaver|nick=Noel H. Beaver|appt=15 May, 1936|end=30 December, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred O'Leary|nick=Alfred O'Leary|appt=30 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 221}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred O'Leary|nick=Alfred O'Leary|appt=30 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 221}}|end=}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Leslie Dayrell Bartley|nick=Edward L. D. Bartley|appt=early 1938<ref>Bartley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/114.|}} f. 114.</ref>|end=1 July, 1938<ref>Bartley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/114.|}} f. 114.</ref>|note=vice O'Leary}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Frederick Dehn Bowen|nick=John F. D. Bowen|appt=30 June, 1938<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/159.|}} f. 194.</ref>|end=13 April, 1939<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/159.|}} f. 194.</ref>|note=vice Bartley}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=28 September, 1938|end=17 October, 1938}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=28 September, 1938|end=17 October, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eric William Longley Longley-Cook|nick=Eric W. L. Longley-Cook|appt=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
+
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eric William Longley Longley-Cook|nick=Eric W. L. Longley-Cook|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=8 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Jocelyn Slingsby Bethell|nick=Jocelyn S. Bethell|appt=1 May, 1940|end=8 December, 1941}}
+
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Jocelyn Slingsby Bethell|nick=Jocelyn S. Bethell|appt=8 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=8 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Addison Joe Baker-Cresswell|nick=Addison J. Baker-Cresswell|appt=April, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=}}
+
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Frederick Dehn Bowen|nick=John F. D. Bowen|appt=8 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=17 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John William Josselyn|nick=John W. Josselyn|appt=17 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=1 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Michael Everard|nick=Michael Everard|appt=1 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=8 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Edmund Francis FitzGerald|nick=Edmund F. FitzGerald|appt=8 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=1 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Addison Joe Baker-Cresswell|nick=Addison J. Baker-Cresswell|appt=1 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{CommRNVR}}|name=Kenneth Elphinstone Gain|nick=Kenneth E. Gain|appt=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=23 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=John Henry Eaden|nick=John H. Eaden|appt=23 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}|end=September, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1190}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Latest revision as of 15:37, 15 February 2022

H.M.S. Caradoc (1916)
Pendant Number: A0 (Jun 1917)
28 (Jan 1918)
55 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[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 February, 1919.[8]

Caradoc was re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 March, 1923 for service in the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[9]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 February, 1926.[10]

Completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 5 October, 1928 for service on the America and West Indies Station.[11]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 July, 1930.[12]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 24 August, 1932.[13]

Reduced to Reserve at Extended Notice at Plymouth on 17 October, 1934.[14]

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.[15]

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 Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 222.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 222.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 220.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
  15. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 751.
  17. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
  18. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  19. Bigg-Wither Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 197.
  20. Bigg-Wither Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 197.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 733.
  22. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  23. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/83. f. 443.
  24. Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/83. f. 443.
  25. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
  26. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 375.
  27. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  28. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 222.
  30. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
  31. Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
  32. Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.
  34. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 220.
  35. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 220.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
  37. Bartley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/114. f. 114.
  38. Bartley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/114. f. 114.
  39. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/159. f. 194.
  40. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/159. f. 194.
  41. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.
  58. 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, 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.


Caledon Class Light Cruiser
  Caledon Calypso Caradoc Cassandra  
<– Centaur Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Ceres Class –>