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''Cairo'' re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 220}} | |||
==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Schomberg Currey|nick=Hugh S. Currey|appt=March, 1921{{MackieRNW}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Schomberg Currey|nick=Hugh S. Currey|appt=March, 1921{{MackieRNW}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=November, 1924<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=November, 1924<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=15 September, 1924<ref>Cochrane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|ass=November, 1924<ref>Predecessor remained in command until that day. Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=15 September, 1924<ref>Cochrane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 220}}|ass=November, 1924<ref>Predecessor remained in command until that day. Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=7 November, 1926<ref>Troup Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=7 November, 1926<ref>Troup Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{MackieRNW}}|end=17 September, 1930<ref>Pott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|Dutton]]}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{MackieRNW}}|end=17 September, 1930<ref>Pott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|Dutton]]}} | ||
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Cairo.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Cairo.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] | ||
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Revision as of 18:23, 22 May 2017
| H.M.S. Cairo (1918) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 97 (Sep 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down: | 28 Nov, 1917 |
| Launched: | 19 Nov, 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 10 Oct, 1919[2] |
| Sunk: | 12 Aug, 1942 |
Service
Cairo re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1924.[3]
Fire Control
Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[4]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Aubrey Lambert, 19 April, 1919[5] (and as Flag Captain to R/A Borrett)
- Captain Hugh S. Currey, March, 1921[6]
- Captain Arthur H. Walker, 15 August, 1922[7] – November, 1924[8]
- Captain Edward O. Cochrane, 15 September, 1924[9][10]
- Captain James A. G. Troup, 7 November, 1926[11]
- Captain Herbert Pott, August, 1928[12] – 17 September, 1930[13] (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral Dutton)
- Captain Edward O. Cochrane, 9 June, 1932[14] – 19 August, 1932[15]
- Captain George H. D'O. Lyon, 19 August, 1932[16] – 1 August, 1934[17] (as Commodore, Second Class as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas)
- Captain Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot, August, 1934[18] – March, 1935[19]
- Captain Evelyn C. O. Thomson, March, 1935[20] – March, 1936[21]
- Captain Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 21 March, 1936[22] – 9 November, 1937[23] (as Commodore, Second Class as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas)
- Commander Francis R. Baxter, 7 April, 1938[24] – 4 May, 1938[25] (vice someone named "Venille" (sp?))
- Captain Henry P. K Oram, August, 1939[26] – February, 1940[27]
- Captain Patrick V. McLaughlin, February, 1940[28] – January, 1941[29]
- Captain Ian Reddie Hamilton Black, January, 1941[30] – January, 1942[31]
- Captain Cecil C. Hardy, January, 1942[32] – 12 August, 1942[33]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 220.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 220.
- ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
- ↑ 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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