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*{{CaptRN}} [[Barry Edward Domvile]], July 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
 
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*Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton|Wion de M. Egerton]], January, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 754.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton|Wion de M. Egerton]], January, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 754.</ref>
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*Commander Arthur G. Harris, January 1918.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 743.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Henry Karslake Kitson]], August 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
 
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*Captain [[Wilfred Frankland French]], December 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Wilfred Frankland French]], December 1920.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 17:52, 19 December 2012

H.M.S. Centaur (1916)
Pendant Number: 36 (Sep 1915)
34 (Jan 1918)
10 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1914-15 Programme[3]
Laid down: 24 Jan, 1915[4]
Launched: 6 Jan, 1916[5]
Commissioned: Aug, 1916[6]
Sold: Feb, 1934[7]
Fate: Broken up


Alterations

Centaur and her sister Concord were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.[8] They also had the first Evershed Bearing Indicator installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  9. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 29.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 754.
  12. ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 743.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ 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.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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