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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=December, 1921{{MackieRNW}}|ass=20 December, 1921<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73845.}}</ref>|end=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=December, 1921{{MackieRNW}}|ass=20 December, 1921<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73845.}}</ref>|end=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=April, 1923{{MackieRNW}}|ass=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=April, 1923{{MackieRNW}}|ass=17 May, 1923<ref>Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at {{TNA|ADM 53/73847.}}</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Congreve Dobson|nick=Claude C. Dobson|appt=October, 1927{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Congreve Dobson|nick=Claude C. Dobson|appt=1 October, 1927<ref>Dobson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>|end=21 January, 1930<ref>Dobson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=15 April, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=c. August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=15 April, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>|end=c. August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=July, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=July, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}

Revision as of 09:38, 11 May 2015

H.M.S. Colombo (1918)
Pendant Number: 7A (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Fairfield
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1917
Launched: 18 Dec, 1918
Commissioned: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: 22 Jan, 1948

Service

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1920.[2]

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.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  3. Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 748.
  5. Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  6. Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
  12. Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
  13. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  14. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  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.


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