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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=August, 1922{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=November, 1926{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=November, 1926{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
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Revision as of 14:49, 17 April 2015

H.M.S. Cairo (1918)
Pendant Number: 97 (Sep 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 28 Nov, 1917
Launched: 19 Nov, 1918
Commissioned: 10 Oct, 1919[2]
Sunk:
Fate: Sunk 12 August, 1942

Service

Fire Control

Listed in June 1918 as one of 8 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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  3. Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  12. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.

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.


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