H.M.S. Delhi (1918)

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H.M.S. Delhi (1918)
Pendant Number: 6A (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[2]
Laid down: 29 Oct, 1917[3]
Launched: 23 Aug, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 31 May, 1919[5]
Sold: Jan, 1948[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

In June, 1919, Delhi joined the Atlantic Fleet's revamped First Light Cruiser Squadron and became the flagship.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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.[10]

Torpedo Control

In 1919, she was selected to receive one of the first five Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type As.[11]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 758.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 775.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 758.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 747. Year could be 1921..
  10. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  11. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 118.

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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