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|builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
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==Service==
==Service==
''Dunedin'' was listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a [[Mark III* Dreyer Table]], presumably in place at time of completion.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}
''Dunedin'' was commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 297}}  By early 1929, she was with the [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy]].{{NLFeb29|p. 297}}
Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 29 May, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 297}}
She completed to full complement at Chatham on 26 May, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 300}}
She re-commissioned in Rserve at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 235}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Dunedin''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Dunedin''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson|nick=Charles A. W. Wrightson|appt=25 March, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 763}}|end=31 March, 1921<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Dunedin.htm Ship's Log]</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Nicolas Tindal-Carill-Worsley|nick=Charles N. Tindal-Carill-Worsley|appt=29 August, 1919|end=25 March, 1920|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson|nick=Charles A. W. Wrightson|appt=25 March, 1920<ref>Wrightson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/101.|D7602887}} f. 112.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 763}}|end=31 March, 1921<ref>Wrightson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/101.|D7602887}} f. 112.</ref><ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Dunedin.htm Ship's Log]</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Seeds Monroe|nick=Hubert S. Monroe|appt=31 March, 1921<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>|end=16 November, 1922<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Seeds Monroe|nick=Hubert S. Monroe|appt=31 March, 1921<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>|end=16 November, 1922<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=16 November, 1922<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=after 31 August, 1923<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=16 November, 1922<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=after 31 August, 1923<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alister Francis Beal|nick=Alister F. Beal|appt=12 July, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 297}}|end=August, 1926{{MackieRNW}}|note=and in charge of [[New Zealand Station]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey|nick=George T. C. P. Swabey|appt=18 June, 1926<ref>Swabey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>|end=23 January, 1927<ref>Swabey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>|note=on loan to New Zealand government}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Stuart Maclaren Ritchie|nick=James S. Macl. Ritchie|appt=January, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey|nick=George T. C. P. Swabey|appt=26 October, 1927<ref>Swabey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>|end=18 October, 1929<ref>Swabey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/6.|D7603513}} f. 6.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Blake|nick=Geoffrey Blake|appt=September, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=5 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 300}}|end=August, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=August, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1935{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=9 March, 1935|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mervyn Somerset Thomas|nick=Mervyn S. Thomas|appt=1 May, 1937<ref>Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/201.|D7617197}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 May, 1937<ref>Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/201.|D7617197}} f. ?.</ref>|note=vice Willett, which seems to make no sense}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfrid Rupert Patterson|nick=Wilfrid R. Patterson|appt=10 May, 1937<ref>Patterson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/21.|}} f. 21.</ref>|end=27 May, 1937<ref>Patterson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/21.|}} f. 21.</ref>|note=temporary, for Coronation Review}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mervyn Somerset Thomas|nick=Mervyn S. Thomas|appt=23 May, 1937<ref>Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/201.|D7617197}} f. ?.</ref>|end=8 June, 1937<ref>Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/201.|D7617197}} f. ?.</ref>|note=vice Patterson, which seems to make no sense}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Buller Edward Hall|nick=John B. E. Hall|appt=7 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 235}}|end=4 November, 1937<ref>[[Henry Berwick Crane|Crane's]] Service Record notes he is "vice Hall".</ref>|note=vice Thomas}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Berwick Crane|nick=Henry B. Crane|appt=4 November, 1937|end=12 March, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Gerald Yerburgh Loveband|nick=John G. Y. Loveband|appt=18 March, 1938<ref>Loveband Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/84.|}} f. 84.</ref>|end=13 January, 1939<ref>Loveband Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/84.|}} f. 84.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edward Lambe|nick=Charles E. Lambe|appt=2 January, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1206}}|end=3 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1206}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=28 September, 1940<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=15 November, 1940<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Stratford Lovatt|nick=Richard S. Lovatt|appt=6 September, 1940<ref>Lovatt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|end=24 November, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1206}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
==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.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Dunedin.htm Ship's Logs at Naval-History.Net]
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Dunedin.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at Naval-History.Net]
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dunedin_(D93)}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dunedin_(D93)}}
{{refend}}
{{refend}}


Latest revision as of 18:20, 1 September 2021

H.M.S. Dunedin (1918)
Pendant Number: 96 (Aug 1919)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2]
Laid down: Nov, 1917[3]
Launched: 19 Nov, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 13 Sep, 1919[5]
Torpedoed: 24 Nov, 1941[6]
Fate: by U 124

Service

Dunedin was listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[7]

Dunedin was commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1920.[8] By early 1929, she was with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.[9]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 29 May, 1931.[10]

She completed to full complement at Chatham on 26 May, 1932.[11]

She re-commissioned in Rserve at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1937.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 763.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 297.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 297.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 300.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
  13. ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 763.
  15. ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
  16. ↑ Ship's Log
  17. ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  18. ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  19. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  20. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  24. ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  28. ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 300.
  32. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  33. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. ↑ Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. ?.
  36. ↑ Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. ?.
  37. ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  38. ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  39. ↑ Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. ?.
  40. ↑ Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. ?.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
  42. ↑ Crane's Service Record notes he is "vice Hall".
  43. ↑ Loveband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/84. f. 84.
  44. ↑ Loveband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/84. f. 84.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  48. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  49. ↑ Lovatt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/37. f. 37.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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