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==Service==
==Service==
''Cairo'' re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 220}}
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 January, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 220}}
Re-commissioned on 8 August, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}
Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 21 January, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 219}}
In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5.  Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731}}
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 April, 1935.{{NLJul37|p. 220}}


==Fire Control==
==Fire Control==
Listed in June 1918 as one of 8 light cruisers to receive a [[Mark III* Dreyer Table]], presumably in place at time of completion.<ref>''Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>
Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a [[Mark III* Dreyer Table]], presumably in place at time of completion.<ref>''Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>


==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. ''Cairo''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Cairo''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Lambert|nick=Aubrey Lambert|appt=19 April, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 738}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Lambert|nick=Aubrey Lambert|appt=19 April, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 738}}|end=|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A Borrett|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Schomberg Currey|nick=Hugh S. Currey|appt=March, 1921{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Schomberg Currey|nick=Hugh S. Currey|appt=15 March, 1921<ref>Currey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/305.|}} f. 308.</ref>|end=August, 1922<ref>Currey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/305.|}} f. 308.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=November, 1924<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=November, 1924<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=15 September, 1924<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|ass=November, 1924<ref>Predecessor remained in command until that day.  Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=15 September, 1924<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 220}}|ass=November, 1924<ref>Predecessor remained in command until that day.  Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=7 November, 1926<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=7 November, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 220}}<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{MackieRNW}}|end=17 September, 1930<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|Dutton]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 220}}|end=17 September, 1930<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral [[Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton|Dutton]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=12 May, 1932{{NavAppts|Monday, May 2, 1932, Issue 46122, p.7}}|end=c. 9 June, 1932|note=ceded command upon commissioning, remained with ship}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=9 June, 1932<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=19 August, 1932<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=9 June, 1932<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=19 August, 1932<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=19 August, 1932<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|end=1 August, 1934<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=19 August, 1932<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|end=1 August, 1934<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|note=as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=21 March, 1936<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=9 November, 1937<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=1 August, 1934|end=26 December, 1934|note=and in command of Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=24 December, 1934|end=March, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|nick=Evelyn C. O. Thomson|appt=22 February, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 219}}|end=March, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|note=and Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Angus Dacres Nicholl|nick=Angus D. Nicholl|appt=18 February, 1936<ref>Nicholl Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/82.|}} f. 82.</ref>|end=27 February, 1936<ref>Nicholl Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/82.|}} f. 82.</ref>|note=temporary, while Thomson was sick}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=21 March, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 220}}<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=9 November, 1937<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|note=and as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=9 November, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=31 December, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Francis Elkins|nick=Robert F. Elkins|appt=|end=14 January, 1938<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|note=superseded by Wollocombe}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Bidlake Wollocombe|nick=Henry B. Wollocombe|appt=14 January, 1938<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|end=23 March, 1938<ref>Wollocombe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/35.|}} f. 35.</ref>|note=temporary, vice Elkins}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Henry Venville|nick=John H. Venville|appt=21 March, 1938{{NavAppts|28 Feb. 1938, p. 21}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=4 May, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|note=vice someone named "Venille" (sp?)}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=4 May, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|note=vice someone named "Venille" (sp?)}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis|nick=Oswald W. Cornwallis|appt=3 May, 1938<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>|end=9 September, 1938<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis|nick=Oswald W. Cornwallis|appt=20 October, 1938<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>|end=14 February, 1939<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Delamain Morris|nick=Frank D. Morris|appt=31 July, 1939|end=23 August, 1939}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Percy Kendall Oram|nick=Harry P. K Oram|appt=23 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1194}}|end=1 Febduary, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1194}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Patrick Vivian McLaughlin|nick=Patrick V. McLaughlin|appt=1 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1194}}|end=14 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1194}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ian Reddie Hamilton Black|nick=Ian R. H. Black|appt=14 January, 1941<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/134.|D7617130}} f. ?.</ref>|end=31 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1194}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Campbell Hardy|nick=Cecil C. Hardy|appt=31 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1194}}|end=12 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1194}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


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Latest revision as of 16:12, 21 April 2022

H.M.S. Cairo (1918)
Pendant Number: 97 (Sep 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 28 Nov, 1917
Launched: 19 Nov, 1918
Commissioned: 10 Oct, 1919[2]
Sunk: 12 Aug, 1942

Service

Cairo re-commissioned at Bombay on 8 March, 1924.[3]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 January, 1927.[4]

Re-commissioned on 8 August, 1928.[5]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 21 January, 1931.[6]

In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[7]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 April, 1935.[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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 220.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 220.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 219.
  7. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 220.
  9. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  11. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  12. ↑ Currey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/305. f. 308.
  13. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  14. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  15. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 220.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 220.
  18. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 220.
  20. ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  21. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 2, 1932, Issue 46122, p.7.
  22. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  23. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  24. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  25. ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 219.
  27. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  28. ↑ Nicholl Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/82. f. 82.
  29. ↑ Nicholl Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/82. f. 82.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 220.
  31. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  32. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  33. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  34. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  35. ↑ Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.
  36. ↑ Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.
  37. ↑ Wollocombe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/35. f. 35.
  38. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 Feb. 1938, p. 21.
  39. ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  40. ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  41. ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
  42. ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
  43. ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
  44. ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/134. f. ?.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ 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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