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''Cambrian'' paid off into dockyard control on 12 June, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 221}} | ''Cambrian'' paid off into dockyard control on 12 June, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 221}} | ||
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==Alterations== | ==Alterations== |
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H.M.S. Cambrian (1916) | |
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Pendant Number: | A3 (1914) 25 (Jan 1918) 30 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2] |
Laid down: | 8 Dec, 1914[3] |
Launched: | 3 Mar, 1916[4] |
Commissioned: | May, 1916[5] |
Sold: | Jul, 1934[6] |
Fate: | Broken up |
H.M.S. Cambrian was one of four Cambrian class light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.
Service
She commissioned at Rosyth on 10 May, 1919.[7]
Cambrian paid off into dockyard control on 12 June, 1924.[8]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 March, 1931.[9]
Alterations
Cambrian was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles A. Fountaine, 17 July, 1916[11]
- Captain Lockhart Leith, 19 December, 1918[12]
- Captain Gerard A. Wells, 20 March, 1919[13]
- Captain James D. D. Stewart, c. February, 1921[14] – August, 1922[15]
- Captain Malcolm L. Goldsmith, 9 August, 1922[16]
- Commander Frederic A. H. Russel, 11 March, 1926[17] – 17 August, 1926[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Evans, 30 June, 1926[19] – 22 July, 1926[20]
- Captain Miles B. Birkett, 17 August, 1926[21] – 15 December, 1927[22]
- Captain Richard H. O. Lane-Poole, 15 December, 1927[23][24]
- Commander Salisbury H. Simpson, 10 December, 1929[25] – 11 June, 1930[26]
- Commander John G. Bower, 11 June, 1930[27] – 14 August, 1930[28]
- Captain Cecil N. Reyne, c. August 1930[29] – 27 June, 1931[30] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore)
- Captain Guy L. Coleridge, 27 June, 1931[31] – 17 October, 1931[32] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore)
- Captain Claude C. Dobson, 17 October, 1931[33] – 14 July, 1933[34] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Nore)
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 739.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 220.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 749.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 749.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 739.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 732.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
- ↑ Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
- ↑ Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Day of month from predecessor. Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
- ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
- ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
- ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
- ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
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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