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'''H.M.S. ''Cambrian''''' was one of four [[Cambrian Class Cruiser (1915)|''Cambrian'' class]] light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Andrew Fountaine|Charles A. Fountaine]], 17 July, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 749.</ref>
 
*{{CaptRN}} [[Charles Andrew Fountaine|Charles A. Fountaine]], 17 July, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 749.</ref>
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*Captain [[Lockhart Leith]], December 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Gerard Aylmer Wells]], March 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[James Denham Douglas Stewart]], February 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Malcolm L. Goldsmith]], August 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Miles B. Birkett]], 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Richard H. O. Lane-Poole]], December 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Claude C. Dobson]], October 1931.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:30, 23 October 2012

H.M.S. Cambrian (1916)
Pendant Number: A3 (1914)
25 (Jan 1918)
30 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1914[3]
Launched: 3 Mar, 1916[4]
Commissioned: May, 1916[5]
Sold: Jul, 1934[6]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. Cambrian was one of four Cambrian class light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.

Alterations

Cambrian was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 48.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 59.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 749.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ 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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