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Revision as of 01:33, 21 May 2014

H.M.S. Cairo (1918)
Pendant Number: 97 (Sep 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 28 Nov, 1917
Launched: 19 Nov, 1918
Commissioned: 10 Oct, 1919[2]
Sunk:
Fate: Sunk 12 August, 1942

Service

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.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 738.
  3. Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  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

  • 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.


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