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==Service==
==Service==
''Capetown'' re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 222}}
''Capetown'' re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 222}}
She was commissioned on 1 July, 1927 for service with the {{UK-CS|8}} on the [[America and West Indies Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 222}}


Re-commissioned on 31 December, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 221}}
Re-commissioned on 31 December, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 221}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=15 May, 1924<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 222}}|end=June, 1926<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=15 May, 1924<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 222}}|end=June, 1926<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=15 May, 1926<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>|ass=June, 1926<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=8 August, 1927<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=15 May, 1926<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>|ass=June, 1926<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=8 August, 1927<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond|appt=July, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|ass=8 August, 1927<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>|end=July, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond|appt=1 July, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 222}}|ass=8 August, 1927<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>|end=July, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Eric Campbell Tait|nick=W. E. Campbell Tait|appt=5 July, 1929|end=December, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Eric Campbell Tait|nick=W. E. Campbell Tait|appt=5 July, 1929|end=December, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Bernard Hughes|nick=John B. Hughes|appt=19 December, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 221}}|end=26 September, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Bernard Hughes|nick=John B. Hughes|appt=19 December, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 221}}|end=26 September, 1932}}

Revision as of 20:57, 4 February 2018

H.M.S. Capetown (1919)
Pendant Number: 88 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 23 Feb, 1918
Launched: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: Apr, 1948

Service

Capetown re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1924.[2]

She was commissioned on 1 July, 1927 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station.[3]

Re-commissioned on 31 December, 1929.[4]

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.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 222.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.
  5. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 733.
  7. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  8. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  9. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 222.
  11. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  12. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  13. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.
  16. ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/97. f. 97.
  17. ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
  18. ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  19. ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  20. ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  21. ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  28. ↑ O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  29. ↑ O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.

Bibliography

  • 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.


Capetown Class Light Cruiser
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