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'''H.M.S. ''Constance''''' was one of four [[Cambrian Class Cruiser (1915)|''Cambrian'' class]] light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.
'''H.M.S. ''Constance''''' was one of four [[Cambrian Class Cruiser (1915)|''Cambrian'' class]] light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.
==Service==
In the [[Battle of Jutland]], she one of five light cruisers in the {{UK-LCS|4}}, screening the Battle Fleet.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 34}}
Captain [[Arthur Charles Strutt|Arthur C. Strutt]] recommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 27 September, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 751}}
In late 1922, her cruise in the West Indies was extended to await the arrival of {{UK-Curlew}}, which commissioned at Devonport on 24 November, 1922.  ''Constance'' was to leave Barbados on 28 November for Tobago, and then to go to Demarara, Guadaloupe, Montserrat and St, Kitts before returning to Bermuda on 21 December.<ref>"Cruise of the Constance"  ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 29, 1922; pg. 5; Issue 43201.</ref>
Returning to England after Christmas, she was  re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 January, 1923 for service in the {{UK-CS|8}} of the [[North America and West Indies Station]].{{NLApr25|p. 228}}
Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 13 September, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 227}}
Reduced at Portsmouth on 9 March, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 224}}


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Cyril Samuel Townsend|Cyril S. Townsend]], December, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 764.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Samuel Townsend|nick=Cyril S. Townsend|appt=November, 1915<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|end=25 January, 1919<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Edward Coverley Kennedy]], January 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Coverley Kennedy|nick=Edward C. Kennedy|appt=21 January, 1919{{NLSep20|p. 751}}|end=late September, 1920{{INF}}}}
*Captain [[Arthur Charles Strutt]], September 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Charles Strutt|nick=Arthur C. Strutt|appt=27 September, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 751}}|ass=18 October, 1920|end=5 March, 1923}}
*Captain [[James D. Campbell]], December 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper|nick=Henry E. H. Spencer-Cooper|appt=c. 20 September, 1920<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>|ass=28 September, 1920<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>|end=18 October, 1920<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>|note=temporary, by C-in-C, for passsage Halifax to Bermuda}}
*Captain [[Cloudesley V. Robinson]], December 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=James D. Campbell|appt=December, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 228}}|end=1 February, 1925}}
*Captain [[Dudley B. N. North]], November 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cloudesley Varyl Robinson|nick=Cloudesley V. Robinson|appt=1 December, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 228}}|end=4 December, 1926}}
*Captain [[Colin A. M. Sarel]], ?.{{MackieRNW}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|appt=c. May, 1926<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|note=on reducing to Reserve|end=15 June, 1926<ref>Vacher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dudley Burton Napier North|nick=Dudley B. N. North|appt=15 August, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 226}}|end=10 May, 1929<ref>North Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admirals [[Hugh Dudley Richards Watson|H. D. R. Watson]] then [[William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|Boyle]] and finally [[Percival Henry Hall Thompson|Hall-Thompson]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove|nick=H. Evelyn C. Blagrove|appt=10 November, 1927<ref>Blagrove Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>|end=December, 1927<ref>Blagrove Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 47.</ref>|note=for period of trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Cartmell Harrison|nick=Gerald C. Harrison|appt=9 May, 1929<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>|end=22 April, 1930<ref>Harrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/164.|D7604068}} f. 568.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral [[Percival Henry Hall Thompson|Hall-Thompson]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Colin Alfred Molyneux Sarel|nick=Colin A. M. Sarel|appt=22 April, 1930<ref>Sarel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91/84.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 December, 1930<ref>Given as "31", Inferred from Lilley.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=27 December, 1930<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=5 January, 1931<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Mends|nick=Robert Mends|appt=5 January, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 225}}|end=31 March, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Helsham Heath-Caldwell|nick=Cuthbert H. Heath-Caldwell|appt=31 March, 1932{{NavAppts|Wednesday, February 17, 1932, Issue 46059, p.6}}|end=27 October, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David Bruce Nicol|nick=David B. Nicol|appt=27 October, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 224}}<ref>Nicol Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/133.|D7604888}} f. 144.</ref>|end=24 August, 1933<ref>Nicol Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/133.|D7604888}} f. 144.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=24 August, 1933<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/233.|}}  f. 592.</ref>|end=8 January, 1934<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/233.|}}  f. 592.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Russell Archer|nick=Ernest R. Archer|appt=8 January, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 224}}<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=28 July, 1934<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=28 July, 1934|end=16 February, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cyril Aubrey Hamilton Brooking|nick=Cyril A. H. Brooking|appt=16 February, 1935<ref>Brooking Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/104.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=September 1935<ref>Brooking Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/104.|}} f. 104.</ref>|note=left to command {{UK-Coventry}} on reducing to reserve}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Constance_(1915)}}
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Constance.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
* [[Fourth L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Constance_(1915)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 12:31, 27 March 2022

H.M.S. Constance (1915)
Pendant Number: 76 (1914)
23 (Jan 1918)
78 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 25 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 12 Sep, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1916[5]
Sold: Jan, 1936[6]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Constance was one of four Cambrian class light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.

Service

In the Battle of Jutland, she one of five light cruisers in the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron, screening the Battle Fleet.[7]

Captain Arthur C. Strutt recommissioned at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 27 September, 1920.[8]

In late 1922, her cruise in the West Indies was extended to await the arrival of Curlew, which commissioned at Devonport on 24 November, 1922. Constance was to leave Barbados on 28 November for Tobago, and then to go to Demarara, Guadaloupe, Montserrat and St, Kitts before returning to Bermuda on 21 December.[9]

Returning to England after Christmas, she was re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 January, 1923 for service in the Eighth Cruiser Squadron of the North America and West Indies Station.[10]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 13 September, 1926.[11]

Reduced at Portsmouth on 9 March, 1931.[12]

Alterations

Constance was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[13]

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. 59.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 751.
  9. ↑ "Cruise of the Constance" The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 29, 1922; pg. 5; Issue 43201.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 228.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 227.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 224.
  13. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  14. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  15. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 751.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 751.
  18. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  19. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 228.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 228.
  22. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  23. ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 226.
  25. ↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
  26. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  27. ↑ Blagrove Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 47.
  28. ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  29. ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  30. ↑ Sarel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/84. f. ?.
  31. ↑ Given as "31", Inferred from Lilley.
  32. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  33. ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
  35. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, February 17, 1932, Issue 46059, p.6.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 224.
  37. ↑ Nicol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/133. f. 144.
  38. ↑ Nicol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/133. f. 144.
  39. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/233. f. 592.
  40. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/233. f. 592.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 224.
  42. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  43. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  44. ↑ Brooking Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/104. f. 104.
  45. ↑ Brooking Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/104. f. 104.

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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