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==Alterations==

Revision as of 21:03, 23 September 2012

H.M.S. Coventry (1917)
Pendant Number: 4C (Jan 1918)
61 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Mar/Apr 1916[3]
Laid down: 4 Aug, 1916[4]
Launched: 6 Jul, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1918[6]
Sunk: 14 Sep, 1942[7]
Fate: Air attack in Med


Alterations

Coventry was fitted with a director system in February, 1918.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

  • [HMS Coventry (D43) Wikipedia]

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  8. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships, 1919. pp. 11-12.
  9. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 768.

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, 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.
  • 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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