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Revision as of 21:35, 14 February 2016

H.M.S. Despatch (1919)
Pendant Number: 30 (Jun 1922)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Laid down: 8 Jul, 1918[3]
Launched: 24 Sep, 1919[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1922[5]
Sold: Apr, 1946[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

Despatch was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.[13]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
  8. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
  9. ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  10. ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  11. ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  12. ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  13. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.

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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