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==Service==
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''Centaur'' recommissioned at Malta on 19 June, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 743}}
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She paid off at Devonport on 4 October, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 223}}
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''Centaur'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 April, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 223}} to replace {{UK-Douglas}} as flagship of the Atlantic Destroyers.{{ToL|New Destroyer Flagship|8 Apr. 1925, p. 10}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on on 3 January, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 224}}
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''Centaur'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 September, 1930 for duty as flagship for destroyers of the [[Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLJul31|pp. 222, 223}}
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In June of 1933, two of the ships' bells were offered for sale at the price of £5 each.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Barry Edward Domvile]], July 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton|Wion de M. Egerton]], January, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 754.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Barry Edward Domvile|nick=Barry E. Domvile|appt=20 July, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 392''g''}}|end=1 January, 1918<ref>Domvile Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576635}} f. 465.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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*Commander Arthur G. Harris, January 1918.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 743.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wion de Malpas Egerton|nick=Wion de M. Egerton|appt=January, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 754}}<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 69.</ref>|end=September, 1919<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 69.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Henry Karslake Kitson]], August 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=September, 1919<ref>Kitson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 372.</ref>|end=1 January, 1921<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 372.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Wilfred Frankland French]], December 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Frankland French|nick=Wilfred F. French|appt=1 January, 1921<ref>French Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/199.}} f. 205.</ref>|end=31 December, 1922<ref>French Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/199.}} f. 205.</ref>|note=and for duty in the [[Shell Committee (Royal Navy)|Shell Committee]]}}
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*Captain [[Charles D. Burke]], December 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Dominick Burke|nick=Charles D. Burke|appt=31 December, 1922<ref>Burke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref>|end=4 October, 1923<ref>Burke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Colin Kenneth MacLean]], April 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Laurence Reynolds Palmer|nick=Laurence R. Palmer|appt=20 February, 1925<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|end=c. March, 1925<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|note=stayed as Executive Officer after MacLean joined}}
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*Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton|Wion de M. Egerton]], September 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Colin Kenneth MacLean|nick=Colin K. MacLean|appt=8 April, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 223}}<ref>MacLean Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>|end=1 September, 1926<ref>MacLean Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D8112229}} f. 390.</ref>|note=and in command of Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
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*Captain [[Robin Campsie Dalglish]], July 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Wion de Malpas Egerton|nick=Wion de M. Egerton|appt=1 September, 1926<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=12 July, 1928<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>|note=and in command of Atlantic Fleet Destroyers}}
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*Captain [[Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne]], August 1930.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Robin Campsie Dalglish|nick=Robin C. Dalglish|appt=12 July, 1928|ass=12 July, 1928|end=1 August, 1930|note=and in command of Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne|nick=Edward O. B. S. Osborne|appt=1 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 222}}|ass=1 August, 1930|end=25 July, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=25 July, 1932<ref>Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}} f. 480.</ref>|ass=25 July, 1932<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|end=19 August, 1932<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|note=and in command of Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
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==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Centaur.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Centaur_(1916) Wikipedia]
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Latest revision as of 14:15, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Centaur (1916)
Pendant Number: 36 (Sep 1915)
34 (Jan 1918)
10 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1914-15 Programme[3]
Laid down: 24 Jan, 1915[4]
Launched: 6 Jan, 1916[5]
Commissioned: Aug, 1916[6]
Sold: Feb, 1934[7]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Centaur recommissioned at Malta on 19 June, 1920.[8]

She paid off at Devonport on 4 October, 1923.[9]

Centaur was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 April, 1925[10] to replace Douglas as flagship of the Atlantic Destroyers.[11]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on on 3 January, 1928.[12]

Centaur was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 September, 1930 for duty as flagship for destroyers of the Atlantic Fleet.[13]

In June of 1933, two of the ships' bells were offered for sale at the price of £5 each. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[14]

Alterations

Centaur and her sister Concord were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.[15] They also had the first Evershed Bearing Indicator installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 743.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 223.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 223.
  11. ↑ "New Destroyer Flagship." The Times (London, England), 8 Apr. 1925, p. 10.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 224.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 222, 223.
  14. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  15. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  16. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 29.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392g.
  18. ↑ Domvile Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 465.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 754.
  20. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  21. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  22. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 372.
  23. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 372.
  24. ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/199. f. 205.
  25. ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/199. f. 205.
  26. ↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
  27. ↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
  28. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  29. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 223.
  31. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  32. ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  33. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  34. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 222.
  36. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  37. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.

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.
  • 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.


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