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==Service==
 
==Service==
''Curacoa'' was fitted with a director system in February, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
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''Curacoa'' was fitted with a director system when she commissioned in February, 1918.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} She immediately went to {{UK-LCS|5}}, becoming the flagship of Rear-Admiral, [[Harwich Force]] Tyrwhitt.
  
 
She paid off at Chatham on 11 June, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 756}}
 
She paid off at Chatham on 11 June, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 756}}
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She re-commissioned at Chatham on 26 August, 1921 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 229}}
 
She re-commissioned at Chatham on 26 August, 1921 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 229}}
  
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 12 May, 1925.  By mid-1927, she was serving as flagship of the {{UK-CS|2}}.{{NLJul27|p. 229}}
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The cruiser re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 12 May, 1925.  By mid-1927, she was serving as flagship of the {{UK-CS|2}}.{{NLJul27|p. 229}}
  
 
She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 18 August, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 229}}
 
She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 18 August, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 229}}
  
 
She re-commissioned on 4 September, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 228}}
 
She re-commissioned on 4 September, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 228}}
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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 March, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 227}}
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''Curacoa'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1933 for service as a Gunnery and Torpedo School Cruiser.{{NLJul37|p. 227}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=15 May, 1925{{MackieRNW}}<ref>Day of month taken from predecessor.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burnaby Prickett|nick=Cecil B. Prickett|appt=15 May, 1925{{MackieRNW}}<ref>Day of month taken from predecessor.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=16 May, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 229}}<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=16 May, 1929<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=16 May, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 229}}<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=16 May, 1929<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=June, 1929<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=June, 1929<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>|ass=11 July, 1929{{ToL|Cruiser to Commission|Monday, Jun 24, 1929; pg. 7; Issue 45237}}|end=c. 9 October, 1929{{INF}}|note=for period of trials, then took ship to Mediterranean}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=Henry E. C. Blagrove|appt=9 October, 1929{{ToL|Third Cruiser Squadron|Wednesday, Sep 11, 1929; pg. 6; Issue 45305}}|end=April, 1931|note=and as flag captain of {{UK-CS|3}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=13 March, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 228}}<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|ass=31 March, 1931<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|end=12 March, 1932<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Domvile}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=13 March, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 228}}<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|ass=31 March, 1931<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|end=12 March, 1932<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Domvile}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Bernard Rawlings|nick=Henry B. Rawlings|appt=March, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Bernard Rawlings|nick=Henry B. Rawlings|appt=March, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=December, 1932|ass=1 December, 1932|end=3 January, 1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=1 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 227}}|ass=1 December, 1932|end=3 January, 1933}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Lindsay Burnett|nick=Robert L. Burnett|appt=25 April, 1933|end=1 August, 1933}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Lindsay Burnett|nick=Robert L. Burnett|appt=25 April, 1933|end=1 August, 1933}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Malcolm Peters|nick=Arthur M. Peters|appt=1933|end=13 April, 1934}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Malcolm Peters|nick=Arthur M. Peters|appt=1933|end=13 April, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=13 April, 1934|end=31 December, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=13 April, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 227}}|end=31 December, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clement Moody|nick=Clement Moody|appt=31 December, 1934|end=14 January, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clement Moody|nick=Clement Moody|appt=31 December, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 227}}|end=14 January, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson|nick=Randolph S. G. Nicholson|appt=January, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson|nick=Randolph S. G. Nicholson|ass=10 January, 1936{{ToL|Command of the Curacoa|Friday, Jan 10, 1936; pg. 23; Issue 47268}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy|nick=Edward D. B. McCarthy|appt=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy|nick=Edward D. B. McCarthy|appt=11 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 227}}|end=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Shelley|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Shelley|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=5 December, 1939|end=15 August, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=5 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=4 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett|nick=Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett|appt=August, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel Haultain Phillips|nick=Lionel H. Phillips|appt=4 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=11 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Henry Paton|nick=Stuart H. Paton|appt=February, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=11 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=10 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Wilfrid Boutwood|nick=John W. Boutwood|appt=June, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=2 October, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett|nick=Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett|appt=10 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=20 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Henry Paton|nick=Stuart H. Paton|appt=20 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=13 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Wilfrid Boutwood|nick=John W. Boutwood|appt=13 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|end=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1199}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
 
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Revision as of 09:17, 7 June 2019

H.M.S. Curacoa (1917)
Pendant Number: A7 (Jan 1918)
62 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Mar/Apr 1916[3]
Laid down: Jul, 1916[4]
Launched: 5 May, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1918[6]
Collision: 2 Oct, 1942[7]
Fate: w/ Queen Mary

H.M.S. Curacoa was one of five light cruisers of the Ceres class. Her name was so variously spelled that a small article was written in Warship 2012 to resolve the name as Curacoa.[8]

Service

Curacoa was fitted with a director system when she commissioned in February, 1918.[9] She immediately went to Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron, becoming the flagship of Rear-Admiral, Harwich Force Tyrwhitt.

She paid off at Chatham on 11 June, 1919.[10]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 26 August, 1921 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

The cruiser re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 12 May, 1925. By mid-1927, she was serving as flagship of the Second Cruiser Squadron.[12]

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 18 August, 1928.[13]

She re-commissioned on 4 September, 1929.[14]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 March, 1932.[15]

Curacoa was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1933 for service as a Gunnery and Torpedo School Cruiser.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  8. Dent, Stephen. H.M.S. Curacoa - What's in a Name?, Warship 2012, pp. 172-4.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 771.
  18. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  19. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  20. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  21. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  22. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  23. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  24. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. Day of month taken from predecessor. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
  27. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  28. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  29. Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  30. "Third Cruiser Squadron." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 11, 1929; pg. 6; Issue 45305.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  32. Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  33. Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  34. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 227.
  38. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.
  39. "Command of the Curacoa." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 10, 1936; pg. 23; Issue 47268.
  40. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  42. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  43. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  44. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. 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, 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.
  • 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.
  • Kelly, Peter. The Tragic Loss of HMS Curacoa in Warship 1997-1998


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