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'''H.M.S. ''Castor''''' was the first of four [[Cambrian Class Cruiser (1915)|''Cambrian'' class]] light cruisers completed in 1915 and 1916.
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
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==Captains==
 
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Dates of appointment given:
 
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* {{CaptRN}} [[James Rose Price Hawksley]], November 1915.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain (soon {{Com2RN}}) [[Hugh Justin Tweedie|Hugh J. Tweedie]], November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 754.</ref>
 
* Captain (soon {{Com2RN}}) [[Hugh Justin Tweedie|Hugh J. Tweedie]], November, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 754.</ref>
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* Captain [[Leonard L. P. WIllian]], December 1920.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Aubrey T. Tillard]], August 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Alban T. B. Curteis]], October 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Wilfred Neville Custance]], June 1928.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[W. Frederic Wake-Walker]], May 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:24, 23 October 2012

H.M.S. Castor (1915)
Pendant Number: C4 (1914)
33 (Jan 1918)
20 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Laid down: 28 Oct, 1914[3]
Launched: 28 Jul, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1915[5]
Sold: Jul, 1936[6]
Fate: Broken up

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

Alterations

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

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

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. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 754.
  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.

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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