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Revision as of 19:23, 3 March 2015

H.M.S. Centaur (1916)
Pendant Number: 36 (Sep 1915)
34 (Jan 1918)
10 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1914-15 Programme[3]
Laid down: 24 Jan, 1915[4]
Launched: 6 Jan, 1916[5]
Commissioned: Aug, 1916[6]
Sold: Feb, 1934[7]
Fate: Broken up

Service

She recommissioned at Malta on 19 June, 1920.[8]

Alterations

Centaur and her sister Concord were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.[9] They also had the first Evershed Bearing Indicator installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 743.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 29.
  11. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392g.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 754.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  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. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  21. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.

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.
  • 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.


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