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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
''Cairo'' re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 220}}
 
''Cairo'' re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 220}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 January, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 220}}
  
 
Re-commissioned on 8 August, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}
 
Re-commissioned on 8 August, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=November, 1924<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=November, 1924<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=15 September, 1924<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 220}}|ass=November, 1924<ref>Predecessor remained in command until that day.  Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=15 September, 1924<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 220}}|ass=November, 1924<ref>Predecessor remained in command until that day.  Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=7 November, 1926<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=7 November, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 220}}<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 220}}|end=17 September, 1930<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|Dutton]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 220}}|end=17 September, 1930<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|Dutton]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=12 May, 1932|end=c. 9 June, 1932|note=ceded command upon commissioning, remained with ship}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=12 May, 1932|end=c. 9 June, 1932|note=ceded command upon commissioning, remained with ship}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=9 June, 1932<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=19 August, 1932<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=9 June, 1932<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=19 August, 1932<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=19 August, 1932<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|end=1 August, 1934<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=19 August, 1932<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|end=1 August, 1934<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|note=as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=1 August, 1934|end=26 December, 1934|note=and in command of Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=1 August, 1934|end=26 December, 1934|note=and in command of Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=24 December, 1934|end=March, 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=24 December, 1934|end=March, 1935}}

Revision as of 13:17, 21 February 2018

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]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 January, 1927.[4]

Re-commissioned on 8 August, 1928.[5]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 21 January, 1931.[6]

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.[7]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 220.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 219.
  7. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  11. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  12. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 220.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 220.
  15. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 220.
  17. ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  18. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  19. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  20. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  21. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  25. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  26. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  27. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  28. ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  29. ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  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.
  36. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  37. ↑ 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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