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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Castor'' (1915)|fate2=Broken up
|align="center" colspan="2"|'''H.M.S. ''Castor'''''
|comm=Nov, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 59}}
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|fatedate=Jul, 1936{{Conways1906|p. 59}}
!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Career
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!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: crimson;"| Details
|name=Castor
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|launch=28 Jul, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 59}}
|Pendant Numbers:
|builder=[[Cammell Laird]]{{Conways1906|p. 59}}
|C4 (1914)<br>33 (Jan 1918)<br>20 (Apr 1918)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge. ''British Warships: 1914-1919''. p. 48.</ref>
|laid=28 Oct, 1914{{Conways1906|p. 59}}
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|fate=Sold
|Built By:
|pend=C4 (1914)<br>33 (Jan 1918)<br>20 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 48}}
|[[Cammell Laird]]
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'''H.M.S. ''Castor''''' was the first of four [[Cambrian Class Cruiser (1915)|''Cambrian'' class]] light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.
|Laid Down:
 
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==Service==
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She fought at the [[Battle of Jutland]] as flag cruiser of the {{UK-DF|11}}.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 34}}
|Launched:
 
|28 July, 1915
She recommissioned at Chatham on 18 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 743}}
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|Commissioned:
''Castor'' re-commissioned with reduced complement on 23 September, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 223}}
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Re-commissioned with a reserve crew on 22 December, 296.
|Sold:
 
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Re-commissioned at the Nore on 1 April, 1927.
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|Fate:
Re-commissioned in reserve at Devonport on 22 July, 1928 for duty with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean, but she wound up temporarily on the [[China Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 223}}
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Re-commissioned in reserve at Devonport on 22 July, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 222}}
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Reduced to extended notice at Devonport on 2 November, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 221}}


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
''Castor'' was fitted with a director in January, 1918.  This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, 1919'', pp. 11-12.</ref>
''Castor'' was fitted with a director in January, 1918.  This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}}
 
==Equipment==
In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five [[Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type A]]s.{{ARTS1919|p. 118}}
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Castor''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Samuel Townsend|nick=Cyril S. Townsend|appt=13 October, 1915<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|end=November, 1915<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=November, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 392''g''}}|end=November, 1917|note=in command at [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=November, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 753}}<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|end=1 May, 1920<ref>Tweedie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Rawdon Napier|nick=William R. Napier|appt=18 April, 1920{{NLNov20|p. 743}}|end=21 December, 1920<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Headley Norman|nick=Alfred H. Norman|appt=1 May, 1920|end=mid 1920<ref>Service Record indicates "undated" transfer to {{UK-Coventry}}.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Laurence Peel Willan|nick=Leonard L. P. Willan|appt=21 December, 1920<ref>Willan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/322.|D7576615}} f. 322.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 743}}|end=5 May, 1922<ref>Willan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/322.|D7576615}} f. 322.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Hamilton|nick=Guy Hamilton|appt=5 May, 1922|end=8 August, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=8 August, 1922<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=15 September, 1923<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|note=left due to illness}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Anthony Aston Plowden|nick=Richard A. A. Plowden|appt=15 September, 1923<ref>Plowden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/64.|D7603571}} f. 64.</ref>|end=28 April, 1924<ref>Plowden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/64.|D7603571}} f. 64.</ref>|note=temporary, during Tillard illness}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|nick=Evelyn C. O. Thomson|appt=6 June, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=23 September, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dudley Burton Napier North|nick=Dudley B. N. North|appt=23 September, 1924<ref>North Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>|end=20 October, 1924<ref>North Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Dominick Burke|nick=Charles D. Burke|appt=20 October, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 223}}<ref>Burke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref>|end=7 May, 1925<ref>Burke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Stopford|nick=The Hon. Guy Stopford|appt=7 June, 1926<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/138.|D7604237}} f. 75.</ref>|end=18 September, 1926<ref>Stopford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/138.|D7604237}} f. 75.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Jermyn Landon|nick=Arthur J. Landon|appt=8 September, 1926<ref>Landon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/35.|D7604134}} f. 18.</ref>|end=19 March, 1927<ref>Landon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/35.|D7604134}} f. 18.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher John Frederick Wood|nick=Christopher J. F. Wood|appt=c. March 1927<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=1927|note=on reducing to reserve}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=1 April, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 223}}|end=15 August, 1927|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, The Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Stanley Holbrook|nick=Leonard S. Holbrook|appt=15 August, 1927<ref>Holbrook Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 219.</ref>|end=18 October, 1927<ref>Holbrook Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 219.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Nore}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=18 October, 1927<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.  Date inferred from Holbrook Service Record and cancelled appointment.</ref>|end=21 June, 1928<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=22 June, 1928<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|end=17 May, 1929<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref><ref>Day of month inferred from Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederic Wake-Walker|nick=W. Frederic Wake-Walker|appt=17 May, 1929<ref>Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>|end=18 July, 1930<ref>Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=16 July, 1930|end=20 August, 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|nick=Hubert G. D. Acland|appt=20 August, 1930<ref>Acland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/265.|D7605337}} f. ?.</ref>|end=19 December, 1930<ref>Acland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/265.|D7605337}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Gilbert Sutton|nick=John G. Sutton|appt=19 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 222}}<ref>Sutton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/54.|D7605642}} f. 54.</ref>|end=12 July, 1931<ref>Sutton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/54.|D7605642}} f. 54.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=22 October, 1931<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=31 December, 1931<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lancelot Gordon Ingham|nick=Lancelot G. Ingham|appt=8 August, 1932<ref>Ingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}}  f. 393.</ref>|end=31 March, 1933<ref>Ingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}}  f. 393.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric John Shelley|nick=Eric J. Shelley|appt=8 November, 1933|end=9 February, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=9 February, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 221}}|end=13 May, 1935<ref>Dorman-Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/24.|D7616185}} f.24.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Victor Cyril Dorman-Smith|nick=Victor C. Dorman-Smith|appt=13 May, 1935<ref>Dorman-Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/24.|D7616185}} f.24.</ref>|end=7 July, 1935<ref>Dorman-Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/24.|D7616185}} f.24.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Noel Brewer|nick=Godfrey N. Brewer|appt=7 July, 1935{{NavAppts|Monday, July 8, 1935, Issue 47110, p.8}}|end=|succBy=Vessel Decommissioned}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Castor_(1915) Wikipedia]
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Castor.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
* [[Eleventh D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Castor_(1915)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*{{BibDittmarColledge}}
*{{DittColl}}
*{{BibConways1906-1921}}
*{{Conways1906}}
*{{BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918}}
*{{DreyerH}}
*{{BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919}}
*{{FCHMShips}}
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{{refend}}
 
{{Footer Cambrian Class Cruiser (1915)}}


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{{Calliope Class (1914)}}
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Latest revision as of 13:57, 12 October 2021

H.M.S. Castor (1915)
Pendant Number: C4 (1914)
33 (Jan 1918)
20 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Laid down: 28 Oct, 1914[3]
Launched: 28 Jul, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1915[5]
Sold: Jul, 1936[6]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Castor was the first of four Cambrian class light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.

Service

She fought at the Battle of Jutland as flag cruiser of the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

She recommissioned at Chatham on 18 April, 1920.[8]

Castor re-commissioned with reduced complement on 23 September, 1924.[9]

Re-commissioned with a reserve crew on 22 December, 296.

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 1 April, 1927.

Re-commissioned in reserve at Devonport on 22 July, 1928 for duty with the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, but she wound up temporarily on the China Station.[10]

Re-commissioned in reserve at Devonport on 22 July, 1930.[11]

Reduced to extended notice at Devonport on 2 November, 1931.[12]

Alterations

Castor was fitted with a director in January, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[13]

Equipment

In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type As.[14]

Captains

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. 59.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 743.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 223.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 223.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 222.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 221.
  13. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  14. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.
  15. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  16. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392g.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 753.
  19. ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  20. ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 743.
  22. ↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
  23. ↑ Service Record indicates "undated" transfer to Coventry.
  24. ↑ Willan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/322. f. 322.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 743.
  26. ↑ Willan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/322. f. 322.
  27. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  28. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  29. ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  30. ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  31. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  32. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  33. ↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
  34. ↑ North Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 144.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 223.
  36. ↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
  37. ↑ Burke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 138.
  38. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/138. f. 75.
  39. ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/138. f. 75.
  40. ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  41. ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  42. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 223.
  44. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  45. ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
  46. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13. Date inferred from Holbrook Service Record and cancelled appointment.
  47. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  48. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  49. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  50. ↑ Day of month inferred from Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
  51. ↑ Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
  52. ↑ Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
  53. ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/265. f. ?.
  54. ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/265. f. ?.
  55. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 222.
  56. ↑ Sutton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/54. f. 54.
  57. ↑ Sutton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/54. f. 54.
  58. ↑ Hawkins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/153. f. 153.
  59. ↑ Hawkins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/153. f. 153.
  60. ↑ Ingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 393.
  61. ↑ Ingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 393.
  62. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 221.
  63. ↑ Dorman-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/24. f.24.
  64. ↑ Dorman-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/24. f.24.
  65. ↑ Dorman-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/24. f.24.
  66. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 8, 1935, Issue 47110, p.8.

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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