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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
− | + | *{{CaptRN}} [[Barry Edward Domvile]], July 1916.{{MackieRNW}} | |
*Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton|Wion de M. Egerton]], January, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 754.</ref> | *Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton|Wion de M. Egerton]], January, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 754.</ref> | ||
+ | *Captain [[Henry Karslake Kitson]], August 1919.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
+ | *Captain [[Wilfred Frankland French]], December 1920.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
+ | *Captain [[Charles D. Burke]], December 1922.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
+ | *Captain [[Colin Kenneth MacLean]], April 1925.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
+ | *Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton|Wion de M. Egerton]], September 1926.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
+ | *Captain [[Robin Campsie Dalglish]], July 1928.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
+ | *Captain [[Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne]], August 1930.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 17:41, 23 October 2012
H.M.S. Centaur (1916) | |
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Pendant Number: | 36 (Sep 1915) 34 (Jan 1918) 10 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers[2] |
Ordered: | 1914-15 Programme[3] |
Laid down: | 24 Jan, 1915[4] |
Launched: | 6 Jan, 1916[5] |
Commissioned: | Aug, 1916[6] |
Sold: | Feb, 1934[7] |
Fate: | Broken up |
Alterations
Centaur and her sister Concord were among the first light cruisers to be completed with a director.[8] They also had the first Evershed Bearing Indicator installations for light cruisers, possibly upon completion.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Barry Edward Domvile, July 1916.[10]
- Captain Wion de M. Egerton, January, 1918.[11]
- Captain Henry Karslake Kitson, August 1919.[12]
- Captain Wilfred Frankland French, December 1920.[13]
- Captain Charles D. Burke, December 1922.[14]
- Captain Colin Kenneth MacLean, April 1925.[15]
- Captain Wion de M. Egerton, September 1926.[16]
- Captain Robin Campsie Dalglish, July 1928.[17]
- Captain Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour Osborne, August 1930.[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 29.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 754.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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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