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Captain [[Arthur Charles Strutt|Arthur C. Strutt]] recommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 27 September, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 751}} | Captain [[Arthur Charles Strutt|Arthur C. Strutt]] recommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 27 September, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 751}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Constance (1915) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 76 (1914) 23 (Jan 1918) 78 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Laid down: | 25 Jan, 1915[3] |
| Launched: | 12 Sep, 1915[4] |
| Commissioned: | Jan, 1916[5] |
| Sold: | Jan, 1936[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
H.M.S. Constance was one of four Cambrian class light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.
Service
In the Battle of Jutland, she one of five light cruisers in the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the Battle Fleet.[7]
Captain Arthur C. Strutt recommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 27 September, 1920.[8]
Alterations
Constance was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Cyril S. Townsend, December, 1915.[10]
- Captain Edward Coverley Kennedy, January 1919.[11]
- Captain Arthur Charles Strutt, 27 September 1920.[12]
- Captain James D. Campbell, December 1922.[13]
- Captain Cloudesley V. Robinson, December 1924.[14]
- Captain Dudley B. N. North, November 1927.[15]
- Captain Colin A. M. Sarel, ?.[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 751.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 764.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 751.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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.
- 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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