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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
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*{{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>
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*Captain [[Henry Karslake Kitson]], August 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Wilfred Frankland French]], December 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Charles D. Burke]], December 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Colin Kenneth MacLean]], April 1925.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Wion de Malpas Egerton|Wion de M. Egerton]], September 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Robin Campsie Dalglish]], July 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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*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)
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:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 60.
  8. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. p. 29.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 754.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. 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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