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*{{CaptRN}} [[Barry Edward Domvile]], July 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Barry Edward Domvile]], July 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*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}}
 
*Captain [[Henry Karslake Kitson]], August 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Wilfred Frankland French]], December 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Wilfred Frankland French]], December 1920.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 15:40, 1 September 2013

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

Service

She recommissioned at Malta on 19 June, 1920.[8]

Alterations

Centaur and her sister Concord were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.[9] They also had the first Evershed Bearing Indicator installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.[10]

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 Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 743.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 29.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 754.
  13. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 743.
  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.
  20. 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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