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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=21 March, 1936<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=9 November, 1937<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=21 March, 1936<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=9 November, 1937<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=9 November, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=31 December, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|note=for trials}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=4 May, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|note=vice someone named "Venille" (sp?)}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=4 May, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|note=vice someone named "Venille" (sp?)}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Percy Kendall Oram|nick=Henry P. K Oram|appt=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Percy Kendall Oram|nick=Henry P. K Oram|appt=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}

Revision as of 13:25, 17 July 2017

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: 12 Aug, 1942

Service

Cairo re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1924.[3]

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.[4]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 220.
  4. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  8. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  9. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 220.
  11. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  14. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  15. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  16. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  17. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  23. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  24. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  25. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  26. ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  27. ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  28. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  32. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  33. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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