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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>}} | {{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>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=19 April, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 226}}|ass=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>|end=July, 1925<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=19 April, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 226}}|ass=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>|end=July, 1925<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Turnour England|nick=Hugh T. England|appt=June, 1925{{ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Turnour England|nick=Hugh T. England|appt=1 June, 1925<ref>England Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/69.|D7576657}} ff. 36, 216.</ref>|ass=c. 25 July, 1925<ref>England Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/69.|D7576657}} ff. 36, 216.</ref>|end=March, 1926{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Macaulay Lecky|nick=Arthur M. Lecky|appt=11 May, 1926<ref>Lecky Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}} f. 54.</ref>|end=November, 1927<ref>Lecky Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}} f. 54.</ref>|note=suspended for illness due to ulcer from August, 1926}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Macaulay Lecky|nick=Arthur M. Lecky|appt=11 May, 1926<ref>Lecky Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}} f. 54.</ref>|end=November, 1927<ref>Lecky Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}} f. 54.</ref>|note=suspended for illness due to ulcer from August, 1926}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Sacheverell Constable Salmond|nick=James S. C. Salmond|appt=28 August, 1926<ref>Salmond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>|end=8 October, 1927<ref>Salmond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>|note=temporary, while Lecky convalesces from an ulcer}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Sacheverell Constable Salmond|nick=James S. C. Salmond|appt=28 August, 1926<ref>Salmond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>|end=8 October, 1927<ref>Salmond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>|note=temporary, while Lecky convalesces from an ulcer}} |
Revision as of 20:31, 1 August 2016
H.M.S. Colombo (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | 7A (Jun 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Fairfield |
Laid down: | 8 Dec, 1917 |
Launched: | 18 Dec, 1918 |
Commissioned: | 18 Jun, 1919 |
Sold: | 22 Jan, 1948 |
Service
She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1920.[2]
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.
- 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, 19 April, 1923[11] – July, 1925[12]
- Captain Hugh T. England, 1 June, 1925[13] – March, 1926[14]
- Captain Arthur M. Lecky, 11 May, 1926[15] – November, 1927[16] (suspended for illness due to ulcer from August, 1926)
- Captain James S. C. Salmond, 28 August, 1926[17] – 8 October, 1927[18] (temporary, while Lecky convalesces from an ulcer)
- Captain Claude C. Dobson, 1 October, 1927[19] – 21 January, 1930[20]
- Captain Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1931[21] – c. August, 1931[22]
- Captain Allan Poland, July, 1931[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 748.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 739.
- ↑ Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 226.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
- ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ 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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