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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Henry Ralph Crooke|H. Ralph Crooke]], February, 1915.<ref>Crooke Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/44.  f. 36.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Oliver Elles Leggett|Oliver E. Leggett]], 23 March, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 753.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Oliver Elles Leggett|Oliver E. Leggett]], 23 March, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 753.</ref>
* Captain [[Henry Ralph Crooke]],  
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*Captain [[William Johns Beckett Law|William J. B. Law]], 6 February, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (May, 1919).  p. 753.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:17, 19 September 2012

H.M.S. Caroline
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 87 (1914)
30 (Jan 1918)
44 (Apr 1918)[1]
Built By: Cammell Laird
Laid Down:
Launched: 29 September, 1914
Commissioned:
Sold:
Fate:

Alterations

Caroline was fitted with a director in March, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919. p. 47.
  2. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919. pp. 11-12.
  3. Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
  4. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 753.
  5. The Monthly Navy List (May, 1919). p. 753.

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.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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