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| − | * {{CaptRN}} [[Charles Edward Le Mesurier]], May 1915 | + | * {{CaptRN}} [[Charles Edward Le Mesurier]], 15 May 1915.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1915) p. 6.</ref> |
*Captain [[Rudolf Walter Bentinck]], August 1917.{{MackieRNW}} | *Captain [[Rudolf Walter Bentinck]], August 1917.{{MackieRNW}} | ||
*Captain [[Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|Percy L. H. Noble]], 15 October, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 748.</ref> | *Captain [[Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|Percy L. H. Noble]], 15 October, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 748.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 11 December 2012
| H.M.S. Calliope (1914) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 76 (1914) 23 (Jan 1918) 78 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Laid down: | 1 Jan, 1914[3] |
| Launched: | 17 Dec, 1914[4] |
| Commissioned: | Jun, 1915[5] |
| Sold: | 28 Aug, 1931[6] |
Alterations
Calliope was fitted with a director in March, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[7]
At some point likely after the end of the war, she received a Dreyer Turret Control Table in her T.S..[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles Edward Le Mesurier, 15 May 1915.[9]
- Captain Rudolf Walter Bentinck, August 1917.[10]
- Captain Percy L. H. Noble, 15 October, 1918.[11]
- Captain Walter Burdge Compton, March 1919.[12]
- Captain William Douglas Paton, May 1922.[13]
- Captain Thomas Erskine Wardle, June 1923.[14]
- Captain Wilbraham T. R. Ford, October 1924.[15]
- Captain L. Stanley Holbrook, December 1927.[16]
- Captain Arthur Francis Pridham, September 1928.[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ Pamphlet on the Turret Dreyer Table as fitted in the turrets of H.M. battleships and in the transmitting stations of certain cruisers, 1930. p. 4.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915) p. 6.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 748.
- ↑ 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.
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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