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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=February, 1923<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}}  f. 59.</ref>|end=May, 1924<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}}  f. 59.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=February, 1923<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}}  f. 59.</ref>|end=May, 1924<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}}  f. 59.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=May, 1924{{MackieRNW}}|end=15 May, 1926<ref>Successor appointed that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=May, 1924{{MackieRNW}}|end=15 May, 1926<ref>Successor appointed that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Coppinger|nick=Cuthbert Coppinger|appt=8 June, 1936<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|end=10 October, 1938<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Coppinger|nick=Cuthbert Coppinger|appt=8 June, 1936<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|end=10 October, 1938<ref>Coppinger Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Eric Maxia O'Donnell|nick=George E. M. O'Donnell|appt=17 November, 1942<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|end=12 July, 1943<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|note=vice a man with last name "James"}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Eric Maxia O'Donnell|nick=George E. M. O'Donnell|appt=17 November, 1942<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|end=12 July, 1943<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|note=vice a man with last name "James"}}
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Revision as of 20:43, 3 November 2015

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. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  4. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  7. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  8. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/97. f. 97.
  12. Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
  13. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  14. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  15. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  16. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.

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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