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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=21 October, 1928<ref>Curteis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|ass=26 November, 1928<ref>Curteis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|end=2 August, 1930<ref>Curteis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Fuller on {{UK-Despatch}} departing}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=21 October, 1928<ref>Curteis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|ass=26 November, 1928<ref>Curteis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|end=2 August, 1930<ref>Curteis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Fuller on {{UK-Despatch}} departing}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole|nick=Richard H. O. Lane-Poole|appt= | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole|nick=Richard H. O. Lane-Poole|appt=1 September, 1931|end=15 December, 1933}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Cornish Dicken|nick=Edward B. C. Dicken|appt=March, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=1936{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Cornish Dicken|nick=Edward B. C. Dicken|appt=March, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=1936{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Alfred Beal|nick=Noel A. Beal|appt=6 December, 1936|end=1 February, 1937<ref>Bell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/101.|D7616070}} f. 101.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Alfred Beal|nick=Noel A. Beal|appt=6 December, 1936|end=1 February, 1937<ref>Bell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/101.|D7616070}} f. 101.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 20:47, 27 September 2017
| H.M.S. Durban (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 99 (Sep 1921)[1] |
| Builder: | Scott[2] |
| Laid down: | Jan, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 29 May, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Nov, 1921[5] |
| Scuttled: | 9 Jun, 1944[6] |
| Fate: | at Normandy |
Service
Durban re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 14 February, 1924 for service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Harold O. Reinold, 1 November, 1921[8] – 20 December, 1921[9]
- Captain Casper B. Ballard, December, 1921[10] – May, 1922
- Captain Basil G. Washington, 10 May, 1922[11][12] – May, 1924[13]
- Captain John C. Hamilton, 12 May, 1924[14] – 2 November, 1926[15]
- Captain Guy L. Coleridge, 2 November, 1926[16] – 6 November, 1928[17]
- Captain Ralph Leatham, 26 November, 1928 – 31 August, 1930
- Captain Alban T. B. Curteis, 21 October, 1928[18] – 2 August, 1930[19] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Fuller on Despatch departing)
- Captain Richard H. O. Lane-Poole, 1 September, 1931 – 15 December, 1933
- Captain Edward B. C. Dicken, March, 1934[20] – 1936[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Noel A. Beal, 6 December, 1936 – 1 February, 1937[22]
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas I. S. Bell, 1 February, 1937[23] – mid 1937[24]
- Captain Alexander H. Maxwell-Hyslop, July, 1939[25] – March, 1940[26]
- Captain Francis C. Flynn, 28 November, 1939 – 14 December, 1939 (temporary, for ill Maxwell-Hyslop)
- Captain John A. S. Eccles, March, 1940[27] – October, 1941[28]
- Captain Peter G. L. Cazalet, October, 1941[29] – September, 1942[30]
- Captain George F. Stevens-Guille, September, 1942[31] – November, 1943[32]
The contradiction between Curteis and Leatham must be explored.
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.[33]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 752.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 235.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 752.
- ↑ Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
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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