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Revision as of 21:06, 14 February 2016

H.M.S. Comus (1914)
Pendant Number: 5C (1914)
A7 (Mar 1916)
45 (Jan 1918)
02 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Laid down: 3 Nov, 1913[3]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1914[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1915[5]
Sold: 28 Jul, 1934[6]
Fate: to Ward, Barrow[7]

Service

She operated with the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Hotham, deployed three miles ahead of the Grand Fleet as it closed on the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[8]

She recommissioned at Rosyth on 21 October, 1919.[9]

Alterations

Comus was one of just six light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her TS in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.[10]

She was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 16.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 750.
  10. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393f.
  13. ↑ Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). . 392p.
  15. ↑ Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  16. ↑ in command at Operation ZZ
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 763.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 763.
  19. ↑ Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  20. ↑ Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 740.
  22. ↑ Thursfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 276.
  23. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  24. ↑ Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  25. ↑ Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Day of month taken from Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  28. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  30. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  31. ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  32. ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  33. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  34. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.

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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