H.M.S. Curacoa (1917)

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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 in February, 1918.[9]

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

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. (February, 1919). p. 771.
  12. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  13. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  14. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  15. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  16. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  17. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Day of month taken from predecessor. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  20. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
  21. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
  22. 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, 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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