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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=7 May, 1919{{NLOct20|p. 748}}<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=after December, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=7 May, 1919{{NLOct20|p. 748}}<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=after December, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=1 July, 1920<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Boucher Ballard|nick=Casper B. Ballard|appt=1 October, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 748}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Boucher Ballard|nick=Casper B. Ballard|appt=1 October, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 748}}}} | ||
{{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>}} | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 5 June 2015
| H.M.S. Colombo (1918) | |
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| 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.
- Captain Percy Withers, 7 May, 1919[4][5] – after December, 1919[6]
- Commander Arthur T. Walker, 1 July, 1920[7] (temporary)
- Captain Casper B. Ballard, 1 October, 1920[8]
- Captain Archibald Cochrane, December, 1921[9] – 17 May, 1923[10]
- Captain James W. Murray, April, 1923[11]
- Captain Hugh T. England, June, 1925[12] – March, 1926[13]
- Captain James S. C. Salmond, 28 August, 1926[14] – 8 October, 1927[15] (temporary)
- Captain Claude C. Dobson, 1 October, 1927[16] – 21 January, 1930[17]
- Captain Aubrey T. Tillard, 15 April, 1931[18] – c. August, 1931[19]
- Captain Allan Poland, July, 1931[20]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 748.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ 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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