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==Service== | |||
In early 1921, she was flagship of the {{UK-LCS|8}}.<ref>''The Navy List'', (January, 1921), p. 738.</ref> | |||
==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
Listed in June 1918 as one of | Listed in June 1918 as one of eight 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> | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 31 August 2013
| H.M.S. Calcutta (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 74 (Aug 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers |
| Laid down: | 18 Oct, 1917 |
| Launched: | 9 Jul, 1918 |
| Sunk: | |
| Fate: | Sunk 1 June, 1941 |
Service
In early 1921, she was flagship of the Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron.[2]
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.[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble, 10 March, 1919.[4]
- Captain Walter Burdge Compton, March 1921.[5]
- Captain Henry Karslake Kitson, February 1923.[6]
- Captain Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay, August 1924.[7]
- Captain Andrew Browne Cunningham, May 1926.[8]
- Captain Alfred Englefield Evans, September 1928.[9]
- Captain Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, December 1928.[10]
- Captain Kenneth Dewar, ?.[Fact Check]
More at Colin Mackie's website.[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List, (January, 1921), p. 738.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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.
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