H.M.S. Calcutta (1918)
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H.M.S. Calcutta (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | 74 (Aug 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers |
Laid down: | 18 Oct, 1917 |
Launched: | 9 Jul, 1918 |
Sunk: | |
Fate: | Sunk 1 June, 1941 |
Service
In early 1921, she was flagship of the Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron.[2]
Fire Control
Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Percy L. H. Noble, 10 March, 1919[4]
- Captain Walter B. Compton, March, 1921[5]
- Captain Kenneth Dewar, 9 May, 1922[6] – February, 1923[7] (and as Chief of Staff to Sir William Pakenham)
- Captain Henry K. Kitson, 3 February, 1923[8] – September, 1924[9] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to V.A. Michael Culme-Seymour)
- Captain The Alexander R. M. Ramsay, 15 August, 1924[10] – 11 May, 1926[11] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Andrew Browne Cunningham, 11 May, 1926[12] – January, 1928[13]
- Captain Alfred E. Evans, 18 September, 1928[14] – January, 1929[15] (as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff of R/A Anderson)
- Captain Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, 11 January, 1929[16] – 24 April, 1931[17] (and as Flag Captain to Rear Admiral Burmester from February, 1929)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 738.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
- ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
- ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
Bibliography
- 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.
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