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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Victor Barton|nick=Reginald V. Barton|appt=|end=13 January, 1936<ref>Graham is noted as being vice Barton</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Victor Barton|nick=Reginald V. Barton|appt=|end=13 January, 1936<ref>Graham is noted as being vice Barton</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Norrie Graham|nick=Charles G. N. Graham|appt=13 January, 1936|end=29 April, 1936|note=temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Norrie Graham|nick=Charles G. N. Graham|appt=13 January, 1936|end=29 April, 1936|note=temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Dalby|nick=Robert Dalby|appt=|end=28 September, 1936<ref>Bardwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/87.|D7605674}} f. 87.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Scott Bardwell|nick=William S. Bardwell|appt=28 September, 1936<ref>Bardwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/87.|D7605674}} f. 87.</ref>|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|note=temporary, on transfer to Devonport Reserve}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=4 November, 1936<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=4 November, 1936<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
Revision as of 17:20, 30 May 2020
| H.M.S. Colombo (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 7A (Jun 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
| Laid down: | 8 Dec, 1917 |
| Launched: | 18 Dec, 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 18 Jun, 1919 |
| Sold: | 22 Jan, 1948 |
Service
Colombo was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1920.[2]
She re-commissioned 1 September, 1924.[3]
Re-commissioned on 19 July 1926 for service on the North America and West Indies Station.[4]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 3 January, 1928.[5]
She re-commissioned for trials at Chatham on 15 April, 1931 under the command of Aubrey Thomas Tillard.[6]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 27 June, 1933 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station.[7]
Re-commissioned on 23 October, 1936 in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.[8]
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.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Percy Withers, 7 May, 1919[10][11] – after December, 1919[12]
- Commander Arthur T. Walker, 1 July, 1920[13] (temporary)
- Captain Casper B. Ballard, 1 October, 1920[14] – 20 December, 1921
- Captain Archibald Cochrane, 7 December, 1921[15] – 17 May, 1923[16]
- Captain James W. Murray, 19 April, 1923[17] – July, 1925[18]
- Captain Hugh T. England, 1 June, 1925[19] – March, 1926[20]
- Commander Charles G. C. Sumner, 27 April, 1926[21] – 25 July, 1926[22] (temporary)
- Captain Arthur M. Lecky, 11 May, 1926[23] – November, 1927[24] (suspended for illness due to ulcer from August, 1926)
- Captain James S. C. Salmond, 28 August, 1926[25] – 8 October, 1927[26] (temporary, while Lecky convalesces from an ulcer)
- Captain Claude C. Dobson, 1 October, 1927[27] – 21 January, 1930[28]
- Captain Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1931[29] – c. August, 1931[30]
- Captain Allan Poland, c. June, 1931[31] – 2 January, 1933[32]
- Commander Frederick M. C. Curtis, 6 December, 1932[33] – 1933
- Captain Charles E. B. Simeon, 19 June, 1933[34] – late 1935
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald V. Barton, – 13 January, 1936[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles G. N. Graham, 13 January, 1936 – 29 April, 1936 (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert Dalby, – 28 September, 1936[36]
- Commander William S. Bardwell, 28 September, 1936[37] – 20 April, 1937[38] (temporary, on transfer to Devonport Reserve)
- Captain Ralph Kerr, 4 November, 1936[39] – 20 April, 1937[40] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
- Captain Denham M. T. Bedford, July, 1937[41] – August, 1938[42]
- Captain Charles F. Harris, 9 August, 1938 – 30 July, 1939
- Commodore, Second Class Richard J. R. Scott, 31 July, 1939 – 8 February, 1940 (and commanding Eleventh Cruiser Squadron)
- Captain Charles A. E. Stanfield, February, 1941[43] – June, 1942[44]
- Captain Cecil C. A. Allen, 28 August, 1941 – 27 March, 1942
- Captain Derrick H. Hall-Thompson, February, 1943[45]
- Captain Herbert W. Williams, 12 January, 1944[46] – 1 March, 1944[47]
- Captain Christopher T. Jellicoe, March, 1944[48] – December, 1944[49]
- Captain Kenneth M. F. Robinson, December, 1944[50] – July, 1945[51]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p.226.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 225.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 225.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 223.
- ↑ 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. (April, 1925). 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
- ↑ Graham is noted as being vice Barton
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ 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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