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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Durban'' (1919)|fate2=at Normandy
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Durban'''''
|comm=1 Nov, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 752}}
|-
|fatedate=9 Jun, 1944{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
|order=
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
|name=Durban
|-
|launch=29 May, 1919{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
|Pendant Numbers:
|builder=[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
|99 (Sep 1921)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge''British Warships: 1914-1919''.</ref>
|laid=Jan, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 62}}
|-
|fate=Scuttled
|Built By:
|pend=99 (Sep 1921){{DittColl|p. 50}}
|[[Scott]]
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
|-
 
|Laid Down:
==Service==
|January, 1918
''Durban'' re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 14 February, 1924 for service with the {{UK-CS|5}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLApr25|p. 235}}
|-
 
|Launched:
Re-commmissioned at Devonport under the command of Captain [[Guy Lushington Coleridge]] on 2 November, 1926 for service with the {{UK-CS|8}} on the [[America and West Indies Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 233}}{{NLJul27|p. 233}}
|29 May, 1919
 
|-
Completed to full complement at Chatham on 1 September, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 234}}
|Completed:
 
|November, 1921
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 March, 1934 for service with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 236}}
|-
 
|Fate:
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 22 September, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 235}}
|Scuttled 9 June, 1944 at Normandy
 
|-
==Captains==
|}
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Durban''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=1 November, 1921<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>|end=20 December, 1921<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Casper Boucher Ballard|nick=Casper B. Ballard|appt=December, 1921{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Basil George Washington|nick=Basil G. Washington|appt=10 May, 1922<ref>Washington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/514.|D7576645}} f. 517.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 752}}|end=May, 1924<ref>Washington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/514.|D7576645}} f. 517.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Claude Hamilton|nick=John C. Hamilton|appt=12 May, 1924<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>|end=2 November, 1926<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Lushington Coleridge|nick=Guy L. Coleridge|appt=2 November, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 233}}<ref>Coleridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|end=6 November, 1928<ref>Coleridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Leatham|nick=Ralph Leatham|appt=26 November, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 233}}|end=31 August, 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=21 October, 1928<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|end=26 November, 1928<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>|note=temporary, and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Fuller on {{UK-Despatch}} departing}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Campbell Annesley|nick=John C. Annesley|appt=24 June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 234}}|end=1 September, 1931{{INF}}|note=stayed on after commissioning, but not in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole|nick=Richard H. O. Lane-Poole|appt=1 September, 1931|end=15 December, 1933}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Campbell Annesley|nick=John C. Annesley|appt=15 December, 1933<ref>Annesley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/134.|}} f. 134.</ref>|end=25 June, 1934<ref>Annesley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/134.|}} f. 134.</ref>|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Cornish Dicken|nick=Edward B. C. Dicken|appt=6 March, 1934<ref>Dicken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/75.}}  f. 75.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 236}}|end=21 September, 1936<ref>Dicken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/75.}}  f. 75.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Alfred Beal|nick=Noel A. Beal|appt=6 December, 1936|end=1 February, 1937<ref>Bell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/101.|D7616070}} f. 101.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Ian Scott Bell|nick=Thomas I. S. Bell|appt=1 February, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 235}}<ref>Bell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/101.|D7616070}} f. 101.</ref>|end=mid 1937<ref>Bell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/101.|D7616070}} f. 101.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfrid Rupert Patterson|nick=Wilfrid R. Patterson|appt=7 June, 1937<ref>Patterson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/21.|}} f. 21.</ref>|end=21 July, 1937<ref>Patterson Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/56/21.|}} f. 21.</ref>|note="vice Bell", hoping I have order correct here}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Bell|nick=Charles S. Bell|appt=June, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 279}}|end=July, 1939{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop|nick=Alexander H. Maxwell-Hyslop|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}|end=26 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Stuart Bell|nick=Charles S. Bell|appt=26 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}|end=27 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Cyril Flynn|nick=Francis C. Flynn|appt=28 November, 1939|end=14 December, 1939|note=temporary, for ill [[Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop|Maxwell-Hyslop]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=15 December, 1939<ref>Collinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=25 January, 1940<ref>Collinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|note=temporary, local appointment}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Swain Saunders|nick=Leslie S. Saunders|appt=26 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}|end=1 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Arthur Symons Eccles|nick=John A. S. Eccles|appt=1 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}|end=13 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet|nick=Peter G. L. Cazalet|appt=13 October, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}|end=25 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Frederick Stevens-Guille|nick=George F. Stevens-Guille|appt=25 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}|end=19 November, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Richard Charles Stokes|nick=Richard C. Stokes|appt=28 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}|end=6 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Andrew Agnew|nick=John A. Agnew|appt=6 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1207}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==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.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Durban_(D99) Wikipedia]
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Durban.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Durban_(D99)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
<small>
{{refbegin}}
*{{BibDittmarColledge}}
*{{DittColl}}
*{{BibConways1906-1921}}
*{{Conways1906}}
*{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
*{{DreyerH}}
</small>
{{refend}}


{{Danae Class (1917)}}
{{Footer Danae Class Cruiser (1917)}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Durban}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Durban}}


{{CatShipLightCruiser|UK}}
{{CatShipLightCruiser|UK}}

Latest revision as of 12:42, 6 August 2022

H.M.S. Durban (1919)
Pendant Number: 99 (Sep 1921)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Laid down: Jan, 1918[3]
Launched: 29 May, 1919[4]
Commissioned: 1 Nov, 1921[5]
Scuttled: 9 Jun, 1944[6]
Fate: at Normandy

Service

Durban re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 14 February, 1924 for service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[7]

Re-commmissioned at Devonport under the command of Captain Guy Lushington Coleridge on 2 November, 1926 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station.[8][9]

Completed to full complement at Chatham on 1 September, 1931.[10]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 March, 1934 for service with the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[11]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 22 September, 1936.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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.[57]

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, 1923). p. 752.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 235.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 234.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 236.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
  13. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  14. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 752.
  18. Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
  19. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
  20. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
  22. Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  23. Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
  25. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  26. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 234.
  28. Annesley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/134. f. 134.
  29. Annesley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/134. f. 134.
  30. Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. 75.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 236.
  32. Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/75. f. 75.
  33. Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
  35. Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
  36. Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
  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. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 279.
  40. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
  45. Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.

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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