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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
*{{CaptRN}} [[Alan Geoffrey Hotham]], February 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[Alan Geoffrey Hotham]], February, 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[John Moore Casement]], December 1916,{{MackieRNW}} in command 21 November 1918 at [[Operation ZZ]].{{CN}}
*Captain [[John Moore Casement]], December, 1916,{{MackieRNW}} in command 21 November 1918 at [[Operation ZZ]].{{CN}}
*Captain [[Gerard Aylmer Wells|Gerard A. Wells]], 15 November, 1918, apparently delayed in taking command.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 763.</ref>
*Captain [[Gerard Aylmer Wells|Gerard A. Wells]], 15 November, 1918, apparently delayed in taking command.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 763.</ref>
*Captain [[Cathcart Romer Wason|Cathcart R. Wason]], 20 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (May, 1919).  p. 763.</ref>
*Captain [[Cathcart Romer Wason|Cathcart R. Wason]], 20 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'' (May, 1919).  p. 763.</ref>
*Captain [[Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd]], November 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd]], November, 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry George Thursfield|Henry G. Thursfield]], July 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry George Thursfield|Henry G. Thursfield]], July, 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins]], September 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins]], September, 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|Edward McC. W. Lawrie]], April 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|Edward McC. W. Lawrie]], April, 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry R. Sawbridge]], April 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Henry R. Sawbridge]], April, 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Roderick B. T. Miles]], August 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Roderick B. T. Miles]], August, 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward Barry Stewart Bingham]], May 1931.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Edward Barry Stewart Bingham]], May, 1931.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Cecil Nugent Reyne]], July 1932.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Cecil Nugent Reyne]], July, 1932.{{MackieRNW}}


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

Revision as of 15:44, 11 January 2014

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]

Service

She operated with the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron 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.[8]

She recommissioned at Rosyth on 21 October, 1919.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 750.
  10. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 763.
  15. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (May, 1919). p. 763.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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