H.M.S. Cairo (1918): Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(using NL and SMNL templates in 1 place)
Line 25: Line 25:
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=August, 1928{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=June, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=June, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon|nick=George H. D'O. Lyon|appt=19 August, 1932<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|end=1 August, 1934<ref>Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 480.</ref>|note=and as {{Com2RN}} in command of Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

Revision as of 19:21, 3 March 2015

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 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.
  11. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  12. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.

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.


Capetown Class Light Cruiser
Capetown Cairo Calcutta Carlisle Colombo
<– Danae Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Emerald Class –>