H.M.S. Capetown (1919)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Capetown (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 88 (Nov 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down: | 23 Feb, 1918 |
| Launched: | 18 Jun, 1919 |
| Sold: | Apr, 1948 |
Service
Capetown was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1924 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station.[2]
She was commissioned on 1 July, 1927 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station.[3]
Re-commissioned on 31 December, 1929.[4]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1936.[5]
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.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Harold D. Briggs, 6 January, 1922 – 8 April, 1922 (for trials)
- Captain Edward R. Jones, 8 April, 1922[7]
- Captain Kenneth G. B. Dewar, February, 1923[8] – May, 1924[9]
- Captain George H. Knowles, 15 May, 1924[10][11] – June, 1926[12]
- Captain Oswald H. Dawson, 15 May, 1926[13][14] – 8 August, 1927[15]
- Captain The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond, 1 July, 1927[16] – July, 1929
- Captain W. E. Campbell Tait, 5 July, 1929 – December, 1929
- Commander John B. Hughes, 19 December, 1929[17] – 26 September, 1932
- Commander John N. Pelly, 26 September, 1932[18]
- Captain Douglas A. Budgen, 17 July, 1934[19] – 8 June, 1936[20]
- Captain Cuthbert Coppinger, 8 June, 1936[21][22] – 10 October, 1938[23]
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, 28 September, 1938[24] – c. November, 1938[25]
- Captain Terence H. Back, July, 1939[26] – November, 1940[27]
- Captain Percival H. G. James, November, 1940[28] – April, 1941[29]
- Captain Percival H. G. James, September, 1941[30] – November, 1942[31]
- Captain George E. M. O'Donnell, 17 November, 1942[32] – 12 July, 1943[33] (vice a man with last name "James")
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 220.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 733.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 222.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 221.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 220.
- ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/97. f. 97.
- ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
- ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
- ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
- ↑ O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
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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