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H.M.S. Colombo (1918)
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]
Commander Arthur T. Walker, 1 July, 1920^[7] (temporary)
Captain Casper B. Ballard, 1 October, 1920^[8]
Captain Archibald Cochrane, 7 December, 1921^[9] – 17 May, 1923^[10]
Captain James W. Murray, 19 April, 1923^[11] – July, 1925^[12]
Captain Hugh T. England, 1 June, 1925^[13] – March, 1926^[14]
Commander Charles G. C. Sumner, 27 April, 1926^[15] – 25 July, 1926^[16] (temporary)
Captain Arthur M. Lecky, 11 May, 1926^[17] – November, 1927^[18] (suspended for illness due to ulcer from August, 1926)
Captain James S. C. Salmond, 28 August, 1926^[19] – 8 October, 1927^[20] (temporary, while Lecky convalesces from an ulcer)
Captain Claude C. Dobson, 1 October, 1927^[21] – 21 January, 1930^[22]
Captain Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1931^[23] – c. August, 1931^[24]
Captain Allan Poland, c. June, 1931^[25] – 2 January, 1933^[26]
Captain Charles E. B. Simeon, June, 1933^[27] – 1935^[28]
Captain William S. Bardwell, – 20 April, 1937^[29]
Captain Ralph Kerr, 4 November, 1936^[30] – 20 April, 1937^[31] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
Captain Denham M. T. Bedford, July, 1937^[32] – August, 1938^[33]
Captain Charles F. Harris, August, 1938^[34] – 1939^[35]
Captain Richard J. R. Scott, July, 1939^[36] – February, 1940^[37]
Captain Charles A. E. Stanfield, February, 1941^[38] – June, 1942^[39]
Captain Cecil C. A. Allen, June, 1941^[40] – April, 1942^[41]
Captain Derrick H. Hall-Thompson, February, 1943^[42] – March, 1944^[43]
Captain Christopher T. Jellicoe, March, 1944^[44] – December, 1944^[45]
Captain Kenneth M. F. Robinson, December, 1944^[46] – July, 1945^[47]

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.
↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 739.
↑ Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 226.
↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
↑ 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.
↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ 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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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.

[2] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.

[3] Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.

[4] The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 748.

[5] Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.

[6] Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.

[7] Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.

[8] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.

[9] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 739.

[10] Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.

[11] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 226.

[12] Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.

[13] England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.

[14] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[15] Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.

[16] Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.

[17] Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.

[18] Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.

[19] Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.

[20] Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.

[21] Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.

[22] Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.

[23] Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.

[24] Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.

[25] Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.

[26] Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.

[27] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[28] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[29] Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.

[30] Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.

[31] Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.

[32] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[33] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[34] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[35] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[36] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[37] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[38] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[39] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[40] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[41] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[42] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[43] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[44] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[45] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[46] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[47] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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