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==Service==
==Service==
Originally envisioned as a unit to join the {{UK-LCS|2}} upon her completion, she was sent to join the {{UK-LCS|4}} instead.
''Comus'' was originally envisioned as a unit to join the {{UK-LCS|2}} upon her completion, but she joined the {{UK-LCS|4}} instead.


She operated with 4LCS at the [[Battle of Jutland]], under the command of Captain Hotham, deployed three miles ahead of the Grand Fleet as it closed on the Battle Cruiser Fleet.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 16}}
She operated with 4 L.C.S. at the [[Battle of Jutland]], under the command of Captain Hotham, deployed three miles ahead of the [[Battle Fleet (Royal Navy)|Battle Fleet]] as it closed on the [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 16}}


About March, 1919 she was moved over to join the refashioned {{UK-LCS|1}}.{{SMNLApr19|p. 10}}  ''Comus'' then recommissioned at Rosyth on 21 October, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 750}} and resumed operations with the {{UK-LCS|4}}.
About March, 1919 she was moved over to join the re-fashioned {{UK-LCS|1}}.{{SMNLApr19|p. 10}}  ''Comus'' then recommissioned at Rosyth on 21 October, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 750}} and resumed operations with the {{UK-LCS|4}}.


She again re-commissioned on 1 July, 1922.{{NLJan23|p. 740}}
''Comus'' again re-commissioned on 1 July, 1922.{{NLJan23|p. 740}}


She re-commissioned with a Reserve Crew at Devonport on 27 May, 1924.{{NLJul24|p. 227}}
The cruiser was re-commissioned with a Reserve Crew at Devonport on 27 May, 1924.{{NLJul24|p. 227}}
 
''Comus'' paid off into Dockyard Control on 3 December, 1924.{{NLApr25|p.227}}
 
After a period being paid off and undergoing repairs at Devonport, she was commissioned on 8 September 1925 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} in the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]],{{NLJul27|p. 226}} relieving {{UK-Carysfort}} to permit her to undergo substantial repairs at Rosyth.  ''Carysfort's'' crew was transferred to ''Comus'' as part of this evolution.{{NM|20 July 1925, p. 10}}
 
''Comus'' re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 226}}
 
The cruiser was re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 May, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 223}}
 
In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  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}}
 
''Comus'' was transferred into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 8 December, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 223}}


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Comus''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Comus''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alan Geoffrey Hotham|nick=Alan G. Hotham|appt=February, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 393''f''}}|end=26 December, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''f''}}<ref>Casement Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 381.</ref>|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alan Geoffrey Hotham|nick=Alan G. Hotham|appt=19 February, 1915<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 393''f''}}|end=26 December, 1916<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Moore Casement|nick=John M. Casement|appt=26 December, 1916<ref>Casement Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 381.</ref>{{NLNov17|. 392''p''}}|end=late November, 1918<ref>Casement Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 381.</ref><ref>in command at [[Operation ZZ]]</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Moore Casement|nick=John M. Casement|appt=26 December, 1916<ref>Casement Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 381.</ref>{{NLNov17|. 392''p''}}|end=late November, 1918<ref>Casement Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 381.</ref><ref>in command at [[Operation ZZ]]</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerard Aylmer Wells|nick=Gerard A. Wells|appt=15 November, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 763}}|note=apparently delayed in taking command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerard Aylmer Wells|nick=Gerard A. Wells|appt=15 November, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 763}}|end=20 March, 1919|note=apparently delayed in taking command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cathcart Romer Wason|nick=Cathcart R. Wason|appt=20 March, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 763}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cathcart Romer Wason|nick=Cathcart R. Wason|appt=20 March, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 763}}|end=28 March, 1921}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=1 March, 1921<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>|ass=29 March, 1921<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>|end=c. December, 1921}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=24 November, 1921<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.}} f. 164.</ref>|end=June, 1922<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.}} f. 164.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=24 November, 1921<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.}} f. 164.</ref>|end=June, 1922<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.}} f. 164.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hyde Waterer|nick=Philip H. Waterer|appt=1 July, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 740}}|end=1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hyde Waterer|nick=Philip H. Waterer|appt=1 July, 1922<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 740}}|end=23 June, 1923<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=15 June, 1923<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|end=July, 1923<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=15 June, 1923<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|end=July, 1923<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry George Thursfield|nick=Henry G. Thursfield|appt=July, 1923<ref>Thursfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 276.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry George Thursfield|nick=Henry G. Thursfield|appt=July, 1923<ref>Thursfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 276.</ref>|end=27 May, 1924{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Ponsonby Sherston|nick=George P. Sherston|appt=May, 1924|end=December, 1924}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=26 August, 1925<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=26 August, 1925<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Frederick Basset Edward-Collins|nick=G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins|appt=8 September, 1925<ref>Edward-Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 154.</ref>|end=30 April, 1927<ref>Edward-Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 154.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Frederick Basset Edward-Collins|nick=G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins|appt=8 September, 1925<ref>Edward-Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 154.</ref>|end=30 April, 1927<ref>Edward-Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 154.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|nick=Edward McC. W. Lawrie|appt=30 April, 1927<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>|end=25 April, 1928<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|nick=Edward McC. W. Lawrie|appt=30 April, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 226}}<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>|end=25 April, 1928<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Richard Sawbridge|nick=Henry R. Sawbridge|appt=25 April, 1928|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Richard Sawbridge|nick=Henry R. Sawbridge|appt=25 April, 1928<ref>Sawbridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/290.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=14 August, 1929<ref>Sawbridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/290.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=14 August, 1929<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=1 May, 1930<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=14 August, 1929<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=1 May, 1930<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Anthony Vere Morse|nick=John A. V. Morse|appt=1 May, 1930<ref>Morse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/122.|}} f. 123.</ref>|end=4 July, 1930<ref>Morse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/122.|}} f. 123.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=4 July, 1930<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=12 August, 1930<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=4 July, 1930<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=12 August, 1930<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Barry Stewart Bingham|nick=Edward B. S. Bingham|appt=4 May, 1931<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|end=2 July, 1932<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David Crawfurd Pillans|nick=David C. Pillans|appt=12 August, 1930<ref>Pillans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/78.|}} f. 210.</ref>|end=2 June, 1931<ref>Pillans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/78.|}} f. 210.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=2 July, 1932<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=December, 1933<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Barry Stewart Bingham|nick=Edward B. S. Bingham|appt=4 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 224}}<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|end=2 July, 1932<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=2 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 223}}<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=December, 1933<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Comus.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Comus.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
* [[Fourth L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
* [[Fourth L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
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Latest revision as of 01:41, 5 April 2024

H.M.S. Comus (1914)
Pendant Number: 5C (1914)
A7 (Mar 1916)
45 (Jan 1918)
02 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Laid down: 3 Nov, 1913[3]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1914[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1915[5]
Sold: 28 Jul, 1934[6]
Fate: to Ward, Barrow[7]

H.M.S. Comus was one of six Caroline class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy early in the Great War.

Service

Comus was originally envisioned as a unit to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron upon her completion, but she joined the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron instead.

She operated with 4 L.C.S. at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Hotham, deployed three miles ahead of the Battle Fleet as it closed on the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[8]

About March, 1919 she was moved over to join the re-fashioned First Light Cruiser Squadron.[9] Comus then recommissioned at Rosyth on 21 October, 1919[10] and resumed operations with the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron.

Comus again re-commissioned on 1 July, 1922.[11]

The cruiser was re-commissioned with a Reserve Crew at Devonport on 27 May, 1924.[12]

Comus paid off into Dockyard Control on 3 December, 1924.[13]

After a period being paid off and undergoing repairs at Devonport, she was commissioned on 8 September 1925 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet,[14] relieving Carysfort to permit her to undergo substantial repairs at Rosyth. Carysfort's crew was transferred to Comus as part of this evolution.[15]

Comus re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1927.[16]

The cruiser was re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 May, 1930.[17]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[18]

Comus was transferred into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 8 December, 1933.[19]

Alterations

Comus was one of just six light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her TS in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.[20]

She was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[21]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 16.
  9. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 10.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 750.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 740.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 227.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p.227.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.
  15. "Naval and Military." The Times (London, England), 20 July 1925, p. 10.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 226.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  18. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
  20. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  21. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  22. Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  23. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393f.
  24. Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  25. Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  26. The Navy List. (November, 1917). . 392p.
  27. Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  28. in command at Operation ZZ
  29. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 763.
  30. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 763.
  31. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  32. Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  33. Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  34. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  35. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 740.
  36. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  37. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  38. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  39. Thursfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 276.
  40. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  41. Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  42. Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  43. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.
  44. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  45. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  46. Sawbridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/290. f. ?.
  47. Sawbridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/290. f. ?.
  48. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  49. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  50. Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  51. Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  52. Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  53. Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  54. Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
  55. Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
  56. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 224.
  57. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  58. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  59. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  60. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  61. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.

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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