H.M.S. Comus (1914)

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H.M.S. Comus (1914)
Pendant Number: 5C (1914)
A7 (Mar 1916)
45 (Jan 1918)
02 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Laid down: 3 Nov, 1913[3]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1914[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1915[5]
Sold: 28 Jul, 1934[6]
Fate: to Ward, Barrow[7]

H.M.S. Comus was one of six Caroline class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy early in the Great War.

Service

Comus was originally envisioned as a unit to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron upon her completion, but she joined the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron instead.

She operated with 4 L.C.S. at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Hotham, deployed three miles ahead of the Battle Fleet as it closed on the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[8]

About March, 1919 she was moved over to join the re-fashioned First Light Cruiser Squadron.[9] Comus then recommissioned at Rosyth on 21 October, 1919[10] and resumed operations with the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron.

Comus again re-commissioned on 1 July, 1922.[11]

The cruiser was re-commissioned with a Reserve Crew at Devonport on 27 May, 1924.[12]

Comus paid off into Dockyard Control on 3 December, 1924.[13]

After a period being paid off and undergoing repairs at Devonport, she was commissioned on 8 September 1925 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet,[14] relieving Carysfort to permit her to undergo substantial repairs at Rosyth. Carysfort's crew was transferred to Comus as part of this evolution.[15]

Comus re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1927.[16]

The cruiser was re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 May, 1930.[17]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[18]

Comus was transferred into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 8 December, 1933.[19]

Alterations

Comus was one of just six light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her TS in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.[20]

She was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[21]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 16.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 10.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 750.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 740.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 227.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p.227.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.
  15. ↑ "Naval and Military." The Times (London, England), 20 July 1925, p. 10.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 226.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  18. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
  20. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  21. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  22. ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393f.
  24. ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  25. ↑ Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). . 392p.
  27. ↑ Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  28. ↑ in command at Operation ZZ
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 763.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 763.
  31. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  32. ↑ Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  33. ↑ Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  34. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 740.
  36. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  37. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  38. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  39. ↑ Thursfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 276.
  40. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  41. ↑ Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  42. ↑ Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.
  44. ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  45. ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  46. ↑ Sawbridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/290. f. ?.
  47. ↑ Sawbridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/290. f. ?.
  48. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  49. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  50. ↑ Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  51. ↑ Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  52. ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  53. ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  54. ↑ Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
  55. ↑ Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
  56. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 224.
  57. ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  58. ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  59. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  60. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  61. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.

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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