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''Cardiff'' was re-commissioned on 14 July, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 221}}
''Cardiff'' was re-commissioned on 14 July, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 221}}


The ship was commissioned at Chatham on 19 July, 1938 under the command of Captain [Arthur Robert Halfhide]].{{NLMay39|p. 266}}
The ship was commissioned at Chatham on 19 July, 1938 under the command of Captain [[Arthur Robert Halfhide]].{{NLMay39|p. 266}}


When she was withdrawn from the [[China Station]] at the end of April 1939, ''Cardiff'' was the oldest British cruiser in seagoing commission and the only "C" class cruiser from the war still active.{{ToL|Boyle Somerville Prize|Saturday, Apr 08, 1939; pg. 8; Issue 48274}}
When she was withdrawn from the [[China Station]] at the end of April 1939, ''Cardiff'' was the oldest British cruiser in seagoing commission and the only "C" class cruiser from the war still active.{{ToL|Boyle Somerville Prize|Saturday, Apr 08, 1939; pg. 8; Issue 48274}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=17 October, 1933<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 221}}|end=16 January, 1935<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ernest Hotham|nick=Charles E. Hotham|appt=1 July, 1935|end=12 August, 1935|end=|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Commanding {{UK-CS|10}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ernest Hotham|nick=Charles E. Hotham|appt=1 July, 1935<ref>Hotham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/83.|}} f. 82.</ref>|end=12 August, 1935<ref>Hotham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/83.|}} f. 82.</ref>|end=|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Commanding {{UK-CS|10}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=24 July, 1935<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=1 October, 1935<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=24 July, 1935<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=1 October, 1935<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Harold Young|nick=John H. Young|appt=1 October, 1935<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/25.}} f. 429.</ref>|end=1 September, 1936<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/25.}} f. 429.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Harold Young|nick=John H. Young|appt=1 October, 1935<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/25.}} f. 429.</ref>|end=1 September, 1936<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/25.}} f. 429.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=1 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 221}}<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|end=6 May, 1938<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, The Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=1 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 221}}<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|end=6 May, 1938<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, The Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Maxwell Johnson|nick=Frederick R. M. Johnson|appt=9 April, 1938<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>|end=1 July, 1938<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Ross Maxwell Johnson|nick=Frederick R. M. Johnson|appt=9 April, 1938<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>|end=1 July, 1938<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Frank Pilkington Wood|nick=Percy F. P. Wood|appt=1 July, 1938<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|end=14 July, 1938<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|note=vice Johnson}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Robert Halfhide|nick=Arthur R. Halfhide|appt=14 July, 1938<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>{{NavAppts|2 July 1938, p. 18}}|end=27 June, 1939<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|note=took command upon her commissioning}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Robert Halfhide|nick=Arthur R. Halfhide|appt=14 July, 1938<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>{{NavAppts|2 July 1938, p. 18}}|end=27 June, 1939<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|note=took command upon her commissioning}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Alfred Garland|nick=John Alfred Garland|appt=27 June, 1939<ref>Garland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/103.|}} f. 105.</ref>|end=1 August, 1939<ref>Garland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/103.|}} f. 105.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Alfred Garland|nick=John A. Garland|appt=27 June, 1939<ref>Garland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/103.|}} f. 105.</ref>|end=1 August, 1939<ref>Garland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/103.|}} f. 105.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip King Enright|nick=Philip K. Enright|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1191}}|end=27 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1191}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip King Enright|nick=Philip K. Enright|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1191}}|end=27 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1191}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=St. John Aldrich Micklethwait|nick=St. John A. Micklethwait|appt=27 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1191}}|end=2 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1191}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=St. John Aldrich Micklethwait|nick=St. John A. Micklethwait|appt=27 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1191}}|end=2 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1191}}}}

Latest revision as of 22:24, 15 December 2021

H.M.S. Cardiff (1917)
Pendant Number: 29 (Jan 1918)
39 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Mar/Apr 1916[3]
Laid down: 22 Jul, 1916[4]
Launched: 12 Apr, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1917[6]
Sold: 23 Jan, 1946[7]
Fate: Broken up at Troon[8]

Service

She recommissioned at Gibraltar on 15 December, 1920.[9]

Cardiff re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 20 January, 1923.[10]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 24 October, 1925 for service as flagship of the Third Cruiser Squadron on the Mediterranean Station.[11]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 29 May, 1928 for continued service as flagship of the Third Cruiser Squadron on the Mediterranean Station.[12]

Cardiff was re-commissioned at Chatham 1 April, 1931 for duty with the Sixth Cruiser Squadron on the Africa Station.[13]

Cardiff was re-commissioned on 14 July, 1933.[14]

The ship was commissioned at Chatham on 19 July, 1938 under the command of Captain Arthur Robert Halfhide.[15]

When she was withdrawn from the China Station at the end of April 1939, Cardiff was the oldest British cruiser in seagoing commission and the only "C" class cruiser from the war still active.[16]

Alterations

Cardiff was fitted with a director system in July 1917.[17]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 741.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 222.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 222.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). pp. 222-3.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 221, 222.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 266.
  16. ↑ "Boyle Somerville Prize." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 08, 1939; pg. 8; Issue 48274.
  17. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  18. ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  19. ↑ Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  20. ↑ Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  22. ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  23. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  24. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  25. ↑ Binney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/9. f. 412.
  26. ↑ Binney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/9. f. 412.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 222.
  28. ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/9. f. 213.
  29. ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/9. f. 213.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 222.
  31. ↑ Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
  32. ↑ Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/68. f. 205.
  33. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  34. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  35. ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  36. ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  37. ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  38. ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  39. ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  40. ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 220.
  42. ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
  43. ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
  44. ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
  45. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 221.
  46. ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
  47. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  48. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  49. ↑ Hotham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/83. f. 82.
  50. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  51. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  52. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/25. f. 429.
  53. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/25. f. 429.
  54. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
  55. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  56. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  57. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/108. f. 108.
  58. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/108. f. 108.
  59. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  60. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  61. ↑ Halfhide Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/37. f. 37.
  62. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 2 July 1938, p. 18.
  63. ↑ Halfhide Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/37. f. 37.
  64. ↑ Garland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/103. f. 105.
  65. ↑ Garland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/103. f. 105.
  66. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  67. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  68. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  69. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  70. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  71. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  72. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  73. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  74. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  75. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  76. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  77. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  78. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  79. ↑ 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, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
  • 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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