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H.M.S. Cleopatra (1915)
Pendant Number:	1A (1914) 40 (Jan 1918) 88 (Apr 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Cammell Laird^[2]
Laid down:	26 Feb, 1914^[3]
Launched:	14 Jan, 1915^[4]
Commissioned:	Jun, 1915^[5]
Sold:	1931^[6]
Fate:	to Hughes Bolckow^[7]

H.M.S. Cleopatra was one of six Caroline class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy early in the Great War.

Service

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 25 October, 1920.^[8]

She recommissioned at Chatham on 16 October, 1923.^[9]

Alterations

Cleopatra was fitted with a director in July, 1917. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.^[10]

At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her T.S..^[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Frederick P. Loder-Symonds, 8 February, 1914^[12] – 1918 (one month absence within his appointment)
Captain Argentine H. Alington, 10 July, 1918^[13] – 6 August, 1918^[14] (temporary, during Loder-Symonds's absence)
Captain The Hon. Arthur C. Strutt, 16 October, 1918^[15] – 29 November, 1918^{[Citation needed]}
Captain Walter R. G. Petre, 29 November, 1918^[16] – March, 1919
Captain Charles J. C. Little, 4 March, 1919^[17] – 1919
Captain Arthur Stopford, 23 December, 1919^[18]
Commander Harold E. Denison, 29 August, 1922^[19]
Captain Charles D. Burke, 4 October, 1923^[20] – 27 June, 1924^[21]
Captain Ralph Eliot, January, 1925^[22]
Captain William F. Sells, 7 November, 1925^[23] – 11 November, 1926^[24]
Captain Frank G. Bramble, 9 March, 1928^[25]
Captain John F. B. Barrett, December, 1928^[26]
Captain Leonard S. Holbrook, ? – January, 1929^[27] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Nore)
Captain Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, 12 December, 1929^[28] – 29 December, 1929^[29] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Nore)
Captain Cecil N. Reyne, December, 1929^[30]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 746.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 225.
↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
↑ absent from Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3, present in Pamphlet on the Turret Dreyer Table as fitted in the turrets of H.M. battleships and in the transmitting stations of certain cruisers, 1930. p. 4.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392k.
↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 758.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p.758.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 758.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 746.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 737.
↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.
↑ Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.
↑ Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
↑ 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.
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.

Caroline Class Light Cruiser

Caroline

Carysfort

Cleopatra

Comus

Conquest

Cordelia

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Arethusa Class

Minor Cruisers (UK)

Calliope Class

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.

[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] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 746.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 225.

[10] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.

[11] sent from Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3, present in Pamphlet on the Turret Dreyer Table as fitted in the turrets of H.M. battleships and in the transmitting stations of certain cruisers, 1930. p. 4.

[12] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392k.

[13] Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.

[14] Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 336.

[15] The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 758.

[16] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p.758.

[17] The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 758.

[18] The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 746.

[19] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 737.

[20] Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.

[21] Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.

[22] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[23] Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.

[24] Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.

[25] Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.

[26] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[27] Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.

[28] Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.

[29] Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.

[30] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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