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==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
Listed in June 1918 as one of | Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a [[Mark III* Dreyer Table]], presumably in place at time of completion.<ref>''Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref> | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 24 September 2016
| H.M.S. Cairo (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 97 (Sep 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down: | 28 Nov, 1917 |
| Launched: | 19 Nov, 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 10 Oct, 1919[2] |
| Sunk: | 12 Aug, 1942 |
Service
Fire Control
Listed in June 1918 as one of eight 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 Aubrey Lambert, 19 April, 1919[4]
- Captain Hugh S. Currey, March, 1921[5]
- Captain Arthur H. Walker, 15 August, 1922[6] – November, 1924[7]
- Captain Edward O. Cochrane, 15 September, 1924[8]
- Captain James A. G. Troup, 7 November, 1926[9]
- Captain Herbert Pott, August, 1928[10] – 17 September, 1930[11] (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral Dutton)
- Captain Edward O. Cochrane, 9 June, 1932[12] – 19 August, 1932[13]
- Captain George H. D'O. Lyon, 19 August, 1932[14] – 1 August, 1934[15] (as Commodore, Second Class as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas)
- Captain Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 21 March, 1936[16] – 9 November, 1937[17] (as Commodore, Second Class as Commodore (D), Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas)
- Commander Francis R. Baxter, 7 April, 1938[18] – 4 May, 1938[19] (vice someone named "Venille" (sp?))
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
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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