H.M.S. Durban (1919)

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H.M.S. Durban
Career Details
Pendant Numbers: 99 (Sep 1921)[1]
Built By: Scott
Laid Down: January, 1918
Launched: 29 May, 1919
Completed: November, 1921
Fate: Scuttled 9 June, 1944 at Normandy

Fire Control

Listed in June 1918 as one of 8 light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[2]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 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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