H.M.S. Despatch (1919)

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H.M.S. Despatch (1919)
Pendant Number: 30 (Jun 1922)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Laid down: 8 Jul, 1918[3]
Launched: 24 Sep, 1919[4]
Commissioned: 15 Jun, 1922[5]
Sold: Apr, 1946[6]
Fate: Broken up

Service

Commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 January, 1925 for service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.

Fire Control

Despatch was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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, 1923). p. 748.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  8. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
  9. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 232.
  11. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
  12. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
  13. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
  14. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  15. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  16. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  17. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  18. Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  19. Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  23. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  24. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/47. f. 52.
  25. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/47. f. 52.
  26. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  28. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  31. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  33. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  36. Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  37. Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  38. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  39. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  40. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  42. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  43. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  44. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  45. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  46. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  47. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  48. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  49. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  50. 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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