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Revision as of 18:52, 17 April 2015

H.M.S. Cairo (1918)
Pendant Number: 97 (Sep 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 28 Nov, 1917
Launched: 19 Nov, 1918
Commissioned: 10 Oct, 1919[2]
Sunk:
Fate: Sunk 12 August, 1942

Service

Fire Control

Listed in June 1918 as one of 8 light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  3. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  11. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  12. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  13. ↑ 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.


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