H.M.S. Curlew (1917)

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H.M.S. Curlew (1917)
Pendant Number: 80 (Aug 1917)
3C (Jan 1918)
48 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: Mar/Apr 1916[3]
Laid down: 21 Aug, 1916[4]
Launched: 5 Jul, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1917[6]
Sunk: 26 May, 1940[7]
Fate: Air attack, Norway

Service

She recommissioned at Rosyth on 27 April, 1920.[8]

Alterations

Curlew was fitted with a director system in December, 1917.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

William Rawdon Napier may have been appointed captain in October, 1919, but the Navy List seems to not support this.[21]

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. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 771.
  11. The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 756.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  15. Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. 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.


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