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H.M.S. Centaur | |
Career | Details |
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Pendant Numbers: | 36 (Sep 1915) 34 (Jan 1918) 10 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Built By: | Vickers |
Laid Down: | 24 January, 1915 |
Launched: | 6 January, 1916 |
Completed: | August, 1916 |
Sold: | |
Fate: |
Alterations
Centaur and her sister Concord were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.[2] They also had the first Evershed Bearing Indicator installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Wion de M. Egerton, January, 1918.[4]
See Also
Footnotes
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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