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==Service==
''Durban'' re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 14 February, 1924 for service with the {{UK-CS|5}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLApr25|p. 235}}
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}}
Completed to full complement at Chatham on 1 September, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 234}}
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 March, 1934 for service with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 236}}
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 22 September, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 235}}
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{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=}}
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==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==
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*{{DreyerH}}
*{{DreyerH}}
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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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