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|launch=23 Aug, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
 
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|builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
 
|laid=29 Oct, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
 
|laid=29 Oct, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
 
|fate=Sold
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
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Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a [[Mark III* Dreyer Table]], presumably in place at time of completion.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}
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In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five [[Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type A]]s.{{ARTS1919|p. 118}}  These calculators would eventually be discarded as overly complicated.
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In June, 1919, ''Delhi'' joined the Atlantic Fleet's revamped {{UK-LCS|1}} and became the flagship.
 
In June, 1919, ''Delhi'' joined the Atlantic Fleet's revamped {{UK-LCS|1}} and became the flagship.
  
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 November, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 231}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 November, 1924. By mid-1927 she was attached to the {{UK-CS|1}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 231}}
  
 
She completed to full complement at Devonport on 5 December, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 231}}
 
She completed to full complement at Devonport on 5 December, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 231}}
  
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==Fire Control==
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 20 May, 1932 for service as the flagship of {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 230}}
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Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a [[Mark III* Dreyer Table]], presumably in place at time of completion.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}
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==Torpedo Control==
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''Delhi'' again completed to full complement at Devonport on 23 April, 1937 for service with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul37|p. 229}}
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In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five [[Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type A]]s.{{ARTS1919|p. 118}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Mackworth|nick=Geoffrey Mackworth|appt=30 May, 1919<ref>Mackworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/53.|D7603305}} f. 53.</ref>{{NLJul19|p. 775}}|ass=31 May, 1919<ref>Mackworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/53.|D7603305}} f. 53.</ref>|end=5 July, 1920<ref>Mackworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/53.|D7603305}} f. 53.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Cowan]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Mackworth|nick=Geoffrey Mackworth|appt=30 May, 1919<ref>Mackworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/53.|D7603305}} f. 53.</ref>{{NLJul19|p. 775}}|ass=31 May, 1919<ref>Mackworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/53.|D7603305}} f. 53.</ref>|end=5 July, 1920<ref>Mackworth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/53.|D7603305}} f. 53.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|Cowan]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ambrose Maynard Peck|nick=Ambrose M. Peck|appt=5 July, 1920<ref>Peck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/324.|D7603108}} f. 364.</ref>|end=25 August, 1920<ref>Peck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/324.|D7603108}} f. 364.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A [[James Andrew Fergusson]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ambrose Maynard Peck|nick=Ambrose M. Peck|appt=5 July, 1920<ref>Peck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/324.|D7603108}} f. 364.</ref>|end=25 August, 1920<ref>Peck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/324.|D7603108}} f. 364.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A [[James Andrew Fergusson]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis William Loftus Tottenham|nick=Francis W. L. Tottenham|appt=25 August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 758}}|end=August, 1922{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis William Loftus Tottenham|nick=Francis W. L. Tottenham|appt=25 August, 1920<ref>Tottenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91/26.|}} f. 26.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 758}}|end=28 August, 1922<ref>Tottenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91/26.|}} f. 26.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Murray Pipon|nick=James M. Pipon|appt=28 August, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 232}}|end=9 October, 1924|note=and as Flag Captain}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Murray Pipon|nick=James M. Pipon|appt=28 August, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 232}}|end=9 October, 1924|note=and as Flag Captain}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton|nick=Kenelm E. L. Creighton|appt=9 October, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 231}}|end=December, 1925{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton|nick=Kenelm E. L. Creighton|appt=9 October, 1924<ref>Creighton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/141.|}}  f. 345.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 231}}|end=19 December, 1925<ref>Creighton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/141.|}} f. 345.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Errol Manners|nick=Errol Manners|appt=December, 1925{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1927{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Errol Manners|nick=Errol Manners|appt=December, 1925{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1927{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Hugh Taylor|nick=Alfred H. Taylor|appt=23 June, 1927|end=15 April, 1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Hugh Taylor|nick=Alfred H. Taylor|appt=23 June, 1927|end=15 April, 1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Hugo Knox-Little|nick=Charles H. Knox-Little|appt=c. March, 1929<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|end=13 January, 1930<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Hugo Knox-Little|nick=Charles H. Knox-Little|appt=c. March, 1929<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|end=13 January, 1930<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Eric Campbell Tait|nick=William E. C. Tait|appt=December, 1929|end=15 May, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Eric Campbell Tait|nick=William E. C. Tait|appt=December, 1929|end=15 May, 1931<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Newton Attwood|nick=Frederic N. Attwood|appt=15 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 230}}|end=1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Newton Attwood|nick=Frederic N. Attwood|appt=15 May, 1931<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 230}}|end=May, 1932<ref>Attwood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.|}} f. 396.</ref>|note=vice Tait}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=c. mid 1932|end=December, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=c. mid 1932|end=October, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Bernard Rawlings|nick=Henry B. Rawlings|appt=December, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1934{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Bernard Rawlings|nick=Henry B. Rawlings|appt=1 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 230}}|end=October, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Chalmers|nick=William S. Chalmers|appt=October, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Chalmers|nick=William S. Chalmers|appt=October, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=29 October, 1936<ref>Chalmers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/16.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Farquhar-Smith|nick=Charles Farquhar-Smith|appt=October, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=10 March, 1938}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Charles Farquhar-Smith|nick=Charles Farquhar-Smith|appt=10 October, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 229}}|end=10 March, 1938}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Allen|nick=Charles H. Allen|appt=10 March, 1938|end=7 August, 1938}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Allen|nick=Charles H. Allen|appt=10 March, 1938|end=7 August, 1938}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Victor Barton|nick=Reginald V. Barton|appt=7 August, 1938<ref>Barton Service Record.  {{TNA|196/56/181.|}} f. 183.</ref>|end=15 November, 1938<ref>Barton Service Record.  {{TNA|196/56/181.|}} f. 183.</ref>|note=vice Allen}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Douglas Brooke|nick=Eric D. Brooke|appt=15 November, 1938|end=24 February, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Bidlake Wollocombe|nick=Henry B. Wollocombe|appt=24 February, 1939<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|end=29 April, 1939<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|note=temporary, vice Brooke}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Reginald Warren Hore|nick=Reginald W. Hore|appt=29 April, 1939<ref>Hore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/187.|}} f. 189.</ref>|end=15 July, 1939<ref>Hore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/187.|}} f. 189.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Ivan Walter Whitehorn|nick=Ivan W. Whitehorn|appt=4 July, 1939|end=24 August, 1939}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=25 August, 1939|end=December, 1939}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=25 August, 1939|end=December, 1939}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Spalding Russell|nick=Alfred S. Russell|appt=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Spalding Russell|nick=Alfred S. Russell|appt=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}

Latest revision as of 22:22, 9 November 2022

H.M.S. Delhi (1918)
Pendant Number: 6A (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2]
Laid down: 29 Oct, 1917[3]
Launched: 23 Aug, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 31 May, 1919[5]
Sold: Jan, 1948[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[7]

In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type As.[8] These calculators would eventually be discarded as overly complicated.

In June, 1919, Delhi joined the Atlantic Fleet's revamped First Light Cruiser Squadron and became the flagship.

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 November, 1924. By mid-1927 she was attached to the First Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[9]

She completed to full complement at Devonport on 5 December, 1929.[10]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 20 May, 1932 for service as the flagship of Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[11]

Delhi again completed to full complement at Devonport on 23 April, 1937 for service with the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 758.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 231.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 231.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 230.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 229.
  13. ↑ Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 775.
  15. ↑ Mackworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/53. f. 53.
  16. ↑ Peck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/324. f. 364.
  17. ↑ Peck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/324. f. 364.
  18. ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/26. f. 26.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 758.
  20. ↑ Tottenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/26. f. 26.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 232.
  22. ↑ Creighton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/141. f. 345.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 231.
  24. ↑ Creighton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/141. f. 345.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  28. ↑ Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  29. ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  30. ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 230.
  32. ↑ Attwood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 230.
  34. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. ↑ Chalmers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/16. f. ?.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 229.
  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. ↑ Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.
  41. ↑ Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.
  42. ↑ Hore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/187. f. 189.
  43. ↑ Hore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/187. f. 189.
  44. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  45. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  46. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  47. ↑ 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.


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