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

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She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1920.^[2]

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]

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Percy Withers, 7 May, 1919^[4]^[5] – after December, 1919^[6]
Commander Arthur T. Walker, 1 July, 1920^[7] (temporary)
Captain Casper B. Ballard, 1 October, 1920^[8]
Captain Archibald Cochrane, 7 December, 1921^[9] – 17 May, 1923^[10]
Captain James W. Murray, April, 1923^[11] – July, 1925^[12]
Captain Hugh T. England, June, 1925^[13] – March, 1926^[14]
Captain James S. C. Salmond, 28 August, 1926^[15] – 8 October, 1927^[16] (temporary)
Captain Claude C. Dobson, 1 October, 1927^[17] – 21 January, 1930^[18]
Captain Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1931^[19] – c. August, 1931^[20]
Captain Allan Poland, July, 1931^[21]

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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+{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=7 December, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 739}}|ass=20 December, 1921<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73845.}}</ref>|end=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}}
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