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Revision as of 15:33, 16 December 2014

H.M.S. Delhi (1918)
Pendant Number: 6A (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[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

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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.[8]

Torpedo Control

In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type As.[9]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 758.
  8. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.

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.


Danae Class Light Cruiser
First Group
  Danae Dauntless Dragon  
Second Group
Delhi Dunedin Durban Despatch Diomede
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