H.M.S. Calcutta (1918): Difference between revisions

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In early 1921, she was flagship of the Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron.^[2]

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

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Percy L. H. Noble, 10 March, 1919^[4]
Captain Walter B. Compton, March, 1921^[5]
Captain Kenneth Dewar, 9 May, 1922^[6] – February, 1923^[7] (and as Chief of Staff to Sir William Pakenham)
Captain Henry K. Kitson, 3 February, 1923^[8] – September, 1924^[9] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to V.A. Michael Culme-Seymour)
Captain The Alexander R. M. Ramsay, 15 August, 1924^[10] – 11 May, 1926^[11] (and as Flag Captain)
Captain Andrew Browne Cunningham, 11 May, 1926^[12] – January, 1928^[13]
Captain Alfred E. Evans, 18 September, 1928^[14] – January, 1929^[15] (as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff of R/A Anderson)
Captain Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, 11 January, 1929^[16] – 24 April, 1931^[17] (and as Flag Captain to Rear Admiral Burmester from February, 1929)
Captain Geoffrey C. Cooke, 12 February, 1935 – 30 March, 1936
Commander Charles E. S. Farrant, 15 May, 1936^[18] – 22 April, 1938^[19]

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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