H.M.S. Carlisle (1918)
H.M.S. Carlisle (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | 41 (Nov 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Laid down: | 2 Oct, 1917 |
Launched: | 9 Jul, 1918 |
Sold: | 1948 |
Service
Carlisle joined the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron just as the war was ending, likely in November 1918. She remained until February, 1919 when she was detached to a rather vague state as a "miscellaneous ships in commission". Captain John Walsh Carrington re-commissioned her on 1 March, 1919,[2] to take her to the China Station, probably arriving in April[3] where she would remain for years.
Carlisle re-commissioned under Captain Gerald Charles Dickens on 3 February, 1923.[4]
Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 22 October, 1925.[5]
Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 12 September, 1928 for service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[6]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 September, 1929 for duty with the Sixth Cruiser Squadron on the Africa Station.[7]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 March, 1932 for continued service with 6 C.S..[8]
Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 5 September, 1934.[9]
Fire Control
Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain John W. Carrington, 1 January, 1919[11]
- Captain Edward R. G. R. Evans, 15 December, 1920[12][13] – 9 January, 1923[14]
- Captain Gerald C. Dickens, 1 August, 1922[15] – September, 1924[16]
- Captain Robert S. MacFarlan, 11 August, 1924[17][18] – 12 August, 1926[19]
- Captain Guy W. Hallifax, 12 August, 1926[20][21] – 8 October, 1928[22]
- Captain Guy L. Coleridge, 30 May, 1929[23] – 26 July, 1929[24] (for trials)
- Commander David C. Pillans, August, 1929[25] – September, 1929[26] (during brief period reduced to Reserve)
- Captain John H. Young, September, 1929[27] – 15 April, 1930[28]
- Captain William E. B. Magee, 6 March, 1930[29][30] – August, 1931[31]
- Captain Francis R. Barry, 15 August, 1931[32] – September, 1934[33]
- Captain Hugh R. Marrack, September, 1934[34] – 27 September, 1937[35]
- Commander Edmund W. Anstice, 19 June, 1937[36]
- Commander Lancelot V. Donne, 27 July, 1937[37] – 6 October, 1937[38]
- Commander Lionel P. Skipwith, October, 1937[Inference][39] – c. 10 January, 1938[40]
- Commander Cuthbert F. B. Bowlby, 10 January, 1938[41] – 26 January, 1938[42]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward L. D. Bartley, 12 October, 1938[43] – 16 May, 1939[44] (temporary)
- Captain Gerald M. B. Langley, 21 November, 1939[45] – 7 February, 1941[46]
- Captain Thomas C. Hampton, 7 February, 1941[47] – 22 May, 1941[48] (killed while in command)
- Lieutenant in Command William Pope, 22 May, 1941[49] – 2 August, 1941[50]
- Captain Douglas M. L. Neame, 2 August, 1941[51] – July, 1942[52]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey F. Agutter, July, 1942[53] – 10 August, 1942[54]
- Acting Commander Dudley A. Parker, 10 August, 1941[55] – 5 October, 1942[56]
- Captain Harold F. Nalder, 5 October, 1942[57][58] – 13 November, 1943[59]
- Lieutenant-Commander John O. Martin, November, 1943[60] – mid 1945[61]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 740.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 24.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 222, 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 222.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 741.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
- ↑ Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 222.
- ↑ MacFarlan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 176.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Hallifax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 35.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 222.
- ↑ Hallifax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 35.
- ↑ Hallifax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 35.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
- ↑ Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
- ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/25. f. 429.
- ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/25. f. 429.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 222.
- ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
- ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 221.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 222.
- ↑ Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
- ↑ Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 14 Feb. 1938, p. 19.
- ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
- ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
- ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
- ↑ Bartley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/114. f. 114.
- ↑ Bartley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/114. f. 114.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ 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, 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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