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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=7 May, 1919{{NLOct20|p. 748}}<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=after December, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=7 May, 1919{{NLOct20|p. 748}}<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=after December, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=1 July, 1920<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=1 July, 1920<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=c. 1 October, 1921{{INF}}|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Boucher Ballard|nick=Casper B. Ballard|appt=1 October, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 748}}|end=20 December, 1921}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Boucher Ballard|nick=Casper B. Ballard|appt=1 October, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 748}}|end=20 December, 1921}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=7 December, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 739}}|ass=20 December, 1921<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73845.}}</ref>|end=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=7 December, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 739}}|ass=20 December, 1921<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73845.}}</ref>|end=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=15 April, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=c. August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=15 April, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=c. August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=c. June, 1931<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|end=2 January, 1933<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=c. June, 1931<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|end=2 January, 1933<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Maynard Constable Curtis|nick=Frederick M. C. Curtis|appt=6 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 223}}|end=1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Maynard Constable Curtis|nick=Frederick M. C. Curtis|appt=6 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 223}}|end=19 June, 1933<ref>Curtis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/169.|}} f. 527.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Barrington Simeon|nick=Charles E. B. Simeon|appt=19 June, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 223}}|end=late 1935}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Barrington Simeon|nick=Charles E. B. Simeon|appt=19 June, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 223}}|end=c. December, 1935}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Victor Barton|nick=Reginald V. Barton|appt=|end=13 January, 1936<ref>Graham is noted as being vice Barton</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cayley Lambert Dalley|nick=Geoffrey C. L. Dalley|appt=9 December, 1935<ref>Dalley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/93.}} f. 93.</ref>|end=28 September, 1936<ref>Dalley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/93.}} f. 93.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Norrie Graham|nick=Charles G. N. Graham|appt=13 January, 1936|end=29 April, 1936|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Victor Barton|nick=Reginald V. Barton|appt=30 December, 1935<ref>Barton Service Record.  {{TNA|196/56/181.|}} f. 183.</ref>|end=13 January, 1936<ref>Barton Service Record.  {{TNA|196/56/181.|}} f. 183.</ref>|note=temporary, vice Dalley}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Bardwell|nick=William S. Bardwell|appt=|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Norrie Graham|nick=Charles G. N. Graham|appt=29 April, 1936|end=29 April, 1936|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cayley Lambert Dalley|nick=Geoffrey C. L. Dalley|appt=29 April, 1936<ref>Dalley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/93.}} f. 93.</ref>|end=16 May, 1936<ref>Dalley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/93.}} f. 93.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Russell Grenfell|nick=Russell Grenfell|appt=15 June, 1936<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/76.|}} f. 76.  Year incorrectly given as 1935.</ref>|end=14 September, 1936<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/76.|}} f. 76.</ref>|note=vice Graham}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cayley Lambert Dalley|nick=Geoffrey C. L. Dalley|appt=14 September, 1936<ref>Dalley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/93.}} f. 93.</ref>|end=28 September, 1936<ref>Dalley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/93.}} f. 93.</ref>|note=vice "Grenfell"}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Dalby|nick=Robert Dalby|appt=1936|end=28 September, 1936<ref>Bardwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/87.|D7605674}} f. 87.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Scott Bardwell|nick=William S. Bardwell|appt=28 September, 1936<ref>Bardwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/87.|D7605674}} f. 87.</ref>|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|note=temporary, on transfer to Devonport Reserve}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=4 November, 1936<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=4 November, 1936<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=21 July, 1937<ref>Bedford Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=9 August, 1938<ref>Bedford Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=9 August, 1938|end=30 July, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=9 August, 1938<ref>Harris Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/347.|}} f. 346.</ref>|end=25 July, 1939<ref>Harris Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/347.|}} f. 346.</ref>|note=vice Bedford}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Richard James Rodney Scott|nick=Richard J. R. Scott|appt=31 July, 1939|end=8 February, 1940|note=and commanding {{UK-CS|11}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Richard James Rodney Scott|nick=Richard J. R. Scott|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|end=8 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|note=and commanding {{UK-CS|11}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Alfred Evelyn Stanfield|nick=Charles A. E. Stanfield|appt=February, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Alfred Evelyn Stanfield|nick=Charles A. E. Stanfield|appt=8 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|end=28 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Charles Acland Allen|nick=Cecil C. A. Allen|appt=28 August, 1941|end=27 March, 1942}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Charles Acland Allen|nick=Cecil C. A. Allen|appt=28 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|end=22 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Derrick Henry Hall-Thompson|nick=Derrick H. Hall-Thompson|appt=February, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Power Carne|nick=William P. Carne|appt=22 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|end=11 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Derrick Henry Hall-Thompson|nick=Derrick H. Hall-Thompson|appt=20 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|end=12 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Wyndham Williams|nick=Herbert W. Williams|appt=12 January, 1944{{UBAlly|2668}}|end=1 March, 1944{{UBAlly|2668}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Wyndham Williams|nick=Herbert W. Williams|appt=12 January, 1944{{UBAlly|2668}}|end=1 March, 1944{{UBAlly|2668}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Christopher Theodore Jellicoe|nick=Christopher T. Jellicoe|appt=March, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Christopher Theodore Jellicoe|nick=Christopher T. Jellicoe|appt=1 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|end=16 December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenneth Mark Lefebre Robinson|nick=Kenneth M. F. Robinson|appt=December, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenneth Mark Lefebre Robinson|nick=Kenneth M. L. Robinson|appt=16 December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|end=11 June, 1945}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRNVR}}|name=George Lee-Morris|nick=George Lee-Morris|appt=1 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1193}}}}
 
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Some confusion in 1936, it seems.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 10:16, 9 May 2022

H.M.S. Colombo (1918)
Pendant Number: 7A (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1917
Launched: 18 Dec, 1918
Commissioned: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: 22 Jan, 1948

Service

Colombo was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1920.[2]

She re-commissioned 1 September, 1924.[3]

Re-commissioned on 19 July 1926 for service on the North America and West Indies Station.[4]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 3 January, 1928.[5]

She re-commissioned for trials at Chatham on 15 April, 1931 under the command of Aubrey Thomas Tillard.[6]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 27 June, 1933 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station.[7]

Re-commissioned on 23 October, 1936 in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.[8]

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.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Some confusion in 1936, it seems.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p.226.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 225.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 225.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 223.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 223.
  9. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 748.
  11. ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  12. ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  13. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 739.
  16. ↑ Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 226.
  18. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  19. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  22. ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  23. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  24. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  25. ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
  26. ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
  27. ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
  28. ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
  29. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  30. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  31. ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  32. ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  34. ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/169. f. 527.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
  36. ↑ Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  37. ↑ Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  38. ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. 196/56/181. f. 183.
  39. ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. 196/56/181. f. 183.
  40. ↑ Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  41. ↑ Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  42. ↑ Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/76. f. 76. Year incorrectly given as 1935.
  43. ↑ Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/76. f. 76.
  44. ↑ Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  45. ↑ Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  46. ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
  47. ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
  48. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  49. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  50. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  51. ↑ Bedford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. ?.
  52. ↑ Bedford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. ?.
  53. ↑ Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  54. ↑ Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  55. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  64. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  65. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  66. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  67. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  68. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  69. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  70. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  71. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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