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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar]], February 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[George H. Knowles]], May 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Oswald H. Dawson]], May 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[E. Rupert Drummond]], July 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[W. E. Campbell Tait]], July 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Douglas A. Budgen]], July 1934.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Cuthbert Coppinger]], June 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
More at Colin Mackie's website.{{MackieRNW}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 22:02, 23 October 2012

H.M.S. Capetown (1919)
Pendant Number: 88 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 23 Feb, 1918
Launched: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: Apr, 1948


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.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

More at Colin Mackie's website.[10]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • 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.


Capetown Class Light Cruiser
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