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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar]], February, 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[George Herbert Knowles|George H. Knowles]], May, 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
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* {{CaptRN}} [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar]], February, 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Oswald Henry Dawson|Oswald H. Dawson]], May, 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[George Herbert Knowles|George H. Knowles]], May, 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain {{HON}} [[Edmund Rupert Drummond|E. Rupert Drummond]], July, 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Oswald Henry Dawson|Oswald H. Dawson]], May, 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[William Eric Campbell Tait|W. E. Campbell Tait]], July, 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain {{HON}} [[Edmund Rupert Drummond|E. Rupert Drummond]], July, 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Douglas Adams Budgen|Douglas A. Budgen]], July, 1934.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[William Eric Campbell Tait|W. E. Campbell Tait]], July, 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
*Captain [[Cuthbert Coppinger]], June, 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Douglas Adams Budgen|Douglas A. Budgen]], July, 1934.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Cuthbert Coppinger]], June, 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:05, 28 April 2014

H.M.S. Capetown (1919)
Pendant Number: 88 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 23 Feb, 1918
Launched: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: Apr, 1948

Service

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.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • 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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