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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=December, 1921{{MackieRNW}}|ass=20 December, 1921<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73845.}}</ref>|end=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=December, 1921{{MackieRNW}}|ass=20 December, 1921<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73845.}}</ref>|end=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=April, 1923{{MackieRNW}}|ass=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=April, 1923{{MackieRNW}}|ass=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Congreve Dobson|nick=Claude C. Dobson|appt=October, 1927{{ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Congreve Dobson|nick=Claude C. Dobson|appt=1 October, 1927<ref>Dobson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>|end=21 January, 1930<ref>Dobson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=15 April, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=c. August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=15 April, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=c. August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=July, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=July, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}} |
Revision as of 13:38, 11 May 2015
H.M.S. Colombo (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | 7A (Jun 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield |
Laid down: | 8 Dec, 1917 |
Launched: | 18 Dec, 1918 |
Commissioned: | 18 Jun, 1919 |
Sold: | 22 Jan, 1948 |
Service
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1920.[2]
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.
- Captain Percy Withers, 7 May, 1919[4][5] – after December, 1919[6]
- Captain Casper B. Ballard, 1 October, 1920[7]
- Captain Archibald Cochrane, December, 1921[8] – 17 May, 1923[9]
- Captain James W. Murray, April, 1923[10]
- Captain Claude C. Dobson, 1 October, 1927[11] – 21 January, 1930[12]
- Captain Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1931[13] – c. August, 1931[14]
- Captain Allan Poland, July, 1931[15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 748.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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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