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==Alterations==
==Alterations==
''Concord'' and her sister ''Centaur'' were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919''.  pp. 11-12.</ref> They also had the first [[Evershed Bearing Indicator]] installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919''.  p. 29.</ref>
''Concord'' and her sister ''Centaur'' were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} They also had the first [[Evershed Bearing Indicator]] installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.{{FCHMShips|p. 29}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 16:55, 27 September 2012

H.M.S. Concord (1916)
Pendant Number: 2A (Sep 1915)
46 (Jan 1918)
15 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1914-15 Programme[3]
Laid down: 1 Feb, 1915[4]
Launched: 1 Apr, 1916[5]
Commissioned: Dec, 1916[6]
Sold: Aug, 1935[7]
Fate: Broken up


Alterations

Concord and her sister Centaur were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.[8] They also had the first Evershed Bearing Indicator installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.[9]

Captains

Those captains who have an article established are also listed here.
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. 60.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 29.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 763.

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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