View source for H.M.S. Capetown (1919)

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|fatedate=Apr, 1948
|order=
|name=Capetown
|launch=18 Jun, 1919
|builder=[[Cammell Laird]]
|laid=23 Feb, 1918
|fate=Sold
|pend=88 (Nov 1919)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge.  ''British Warships: 1914-1919''.</ref>
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>

==Service==
''Capetown'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1924 for service with the {{UK-CS|8}} on the [[America and West Indies Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 221}}

She was commissioned on 1 July, 1927 for service with the {{UK-CS|8}} on the [[America and West Indies Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 222}}

Re-commissioned on 31 December, 1929.{{NLJan33|p. 220}}

Commissioned on 15 December, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 220}}

Commissioned on 17 July, 1934 under the command of Captain [[Douglas Adams Budgen|Douglas A. Budgen]] for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLOct35|p. 220}}

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 221}}

==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.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Douglas Briggs|nick=Harold D. Briggs|appt=6 January, 1922<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/421.|}} f. 427.</ref>|end=8 April, 1922<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/421.|}} f. 427.</ref>|note=temporary, for trials|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Roynon-Jones|nick=Edward Roynon-Jones|appt=8 April, 1922<ref>Roynon-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/101.|}} f. 101.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 733}}|end=February, 1923<ref>Roynon-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/101.|}} f. 101.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=February, 1923<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}}  f. 59.</ref>|end=May, 1924<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}}  f. 59.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=15 May, 1924<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 222}}|end=June, 1926<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=15 May, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 221}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>|ass=June, 1926<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=8 August, 1927<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond|appt=1 July, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 222}}|ass=8 August, 1927<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>|end=July, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Eric Campbell Tait|nick=W. E. Campbell Tait|appt=5 July, 1929<ref>Tait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}}  f. 343.</ref>|ass=27 July, 1929<ref>Tait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}}  f. 343.</ref>|end=December, 1929<ref>Tait Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/328.|}}  f. 343.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Bernard Hughes|nick=John B. Hughes|appt=19 December, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 221}}|end=26 September, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Noel Pelly|nick=John N. Pelly|appt=26 September, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 220}}|end=7 March, 1933<ref>Pelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/27.|}} f. 379.</ref>|note=May be 26 April, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=7 December, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 220}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Douglas Adams Budgen|nick=Douglas A. Budgen|appt=17 July, 1934<ref>Budgen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/97.|D8116218}} f. 97.</ref>|end=8 June, 1936<ref>Budgen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/267.|D7605352}} f. 637.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Coppinger|nick=Cuthbert Coppinger|appt=8 June, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 221}}<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|end=10 October, 1938<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=28 September, 1938<ref>Bovell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>|end=c. November, 1938<ref>Bovell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|D7605784}} f. 28.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Terence Hugh Back|nick=Terence H. Back|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}|end=3 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Percival Henry Gwynne James|nick=Percival H. G. James|appt=3 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}|end=19 June, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Henry Hutchinson Robson|nick=Henry H. Robson|appt=19 June, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}|end=24 September, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Percival Henry Gwynne James|nick=Percival H. G. James|appt=24 September, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}|end=17 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Henry Hutchinson Robson|nick=Henry H. Robson|appt=20 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}|end=|note=some confusion here}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Henry Hutchinson Robson|nick=Henry H. Robson|appt=8 November, 1942<ref>Robson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/98.|}} f. 125.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Eric Maxia O'Donnell|nick=George E. M. O'Donnell|appt=17 November, 1942<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|end=28 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}|note="vice James"}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Livingston Robertson|nick=Charles L. Robertson|appt=28 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}|end=27 August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain (retired)|name=Henry Freston Nash|nick=Henry F. Nash|appt=17 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}|end=late 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1189}}}}
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==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Capetown.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Capetown_(D88)}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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