H.M.S. Durban (1919)
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| H.M.S. Durban (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 99 (Sep 1921)[1] |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
| Laid down: | Jan, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 29 May, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Nov, 1921[5] |
| Scuttled: | 9 Jun, 1944[6] |
| Fate: | at Normandy |
Service
Durban re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 14 February, 1924 for service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[7]
Re-commmissioned at Devonport under the command of Captain Guy Lushington Coleridge on 2 November, 1926 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station.[8][9]
Completed to full complement at Chatham on 1 September, 1931.[10]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 22 September, 1936.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Harold O. Reinold, 1 November, 1921[12] – 20 December, 1921[13]
- Captain Casper B. Ballard, December, 1921[14] – May, 1922
- Captain Basil G. Washington, 10 May, 1922[15][16] – May, 1924[17]
- Captain John C. Hamilton, 12 May, 1924[18] – 2 November, 1926[19]
- Captain Guy L. Coleridge, 2 November, 1926[20][21] – 6 November, 1928[22]
- Captain Ralph Leatham, 26 November, 1928[23] – 31 August, 1930
- Captain Alban T. B. Curteis, 21 October, 1928[24] – 2 August, 1930[25] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Fuller on Despatch departing)
- Commander John C. Annesley, 24 June, 1931[26] – 1 September, 1931[Inference] (stayed on after commissioning, but not in command)
- Captain Richard H. O. Lane-Poole, 1 September, 1931 – 15 December, 1933
- Captain Edward B. C. Dicken, March, 1934[27] – 1936[28]
- Lieutenant-Commander Noel A. Beal, 6 December, 1936 – 1 February, 1937[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas I. S. Bell, 1 February, 1937[30][31] – mid 1937[32]
- Commander Charles S. Bell, June, 1937[33] – July, 1939[Inference]
- Captain Alexander H. Maxwell-Hyslop, July, 1939[34] – March, 1940[35]
- Captain Francis C. Flynn, 28 November, 1939 – 14 December, 1939 (temporary, for ill Maxwell-Hyslop)
- Captain John A. S. Eccles, March, 1940[36] – October, 1941[37]
- Captain Peter G. L. Cazalet, October, 1941[38] – September, 1942[39]
- Captain George F. Stevens-Guille, September, 1942[40] – November, 1943[41]
The contradiction between Curteis and Leatham must be explored.
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.[42]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 752.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 234.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 752.
- ↑ Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 234.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 279.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
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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