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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=7 May, 1919{{NLOct20|p. 748}}<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=after December, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=7 May, 1919{{NLOct20|p. 748}}<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=after December, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=1 July, 1920<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|note=temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=1 July, 1920<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Boucher Ballard|nick=Casper B. Ballard|appt=1 October, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 748}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Boucher Ballard|nick=Casper B. Ballard|appt=1 October, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 748}}|end=}} |
{{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>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Congreve Dobson|nick=Claude C. Dobson|appt=1 October, 1927<ref>Dobson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>|end=21 January, 1930<ref>Dobson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Congreve Dobson|nick=Claude C. Dobson|appt=1 October, 1927<ref>Dobson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>|end=21 January, 1930<ref>Dobson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=15 April, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=c. August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=15 April, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=c. August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=c. June, 1931<ref>Poland Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|end=2 January, 1933<ref>Poland Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Barrington Simeon|nick=Charles E. B. Simeon|appt=June, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=1935{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Barrington Simeon|nick=Charles E. B. Simeon|appt=June, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=1935{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Bardwell|nick=William S. Bardwell|appt=|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Bardwell|nick=William S. Bardwell|appt=|end=20 April, 1937<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 9 April 2017
| H.M.S. Colombo (1918) | |
|---|---|
| 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, c. June, 1931[23] – 2 January, 1933[24]
- Captain Charles E. B. Simeon, June, 1933[25] – 1935[26]
- Captain William S. Bardwell, – 20 April, 1937[27]
- Captain Ralph Kerr, 4 November, 1936[28] – 20 April, 1937[29] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
- Captain Denham M. T. Bedford, July, 1937[30] – August, 1938[31]
- Captain Charles F. Harris, August, 1938[32] – 1939[33]
- Captain Richard J. R. Scott, July, 1939[34] – February, 1940[35]
- Captain Charles A. E. Stanfield, February, 1941[36] – June, 1942[37]
- Captain Cecil C. A. Allen, June, 1941[38] – April, 1942[39]
- Captain Derrick H. Hall-Thompson, February, 1943[40] – March, 1944[41]
- Captain Christopher T. Jellicoe, March, 1944[42] – December, 1944[43]
- Captain Kenneth M. F. Robinson, December, 1944[44] – July, 1945[45]
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.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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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