H.M.S. Curacoa (1917)

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H.M.S. Curacoa (1917)
Pendant Number: A7 (Jan 1918)
62 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Mar/Apr 1916[3]
Laid down: Jul, 1916[4]
Launched: 5 May, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Feb, 1918[6]
Collision: 2 Oct, 1942[7]
Fate: w/ Queen Mary

H.M.S. Curacoa was one of five light cruisers of the Ceres class. Her name was so variously spelled that a small article was written in Warship 2012 to resolve the name as Curacoa.[8]

Service

Curacoa was fitted with a director system when she commissioned in February, 1918.[9] She immediately went to Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron, becoming the flagship of Rear-Admiral, Harwich Force Tyrwhitt.

She paid off at Chatham on 11 June, 1919.[10]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 26 August, 1921 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

The cruiser re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 12 May, 1925. By mid-1927, she was serving as flagship of the Second Cruiser Squadron.[12]

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 18 August, 1928.[13]

She re-commissioned on 4 September, 1929.[14]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 March, 1932.[15]

Curacoa was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1933 for service as a Gunnery and Torpedo School Cruiser.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  8. Dent, Stephen. H.M.S. Curacoa - What's in a Name?, Warship 2012, pp. 172-4.
  9. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 771.
  18. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  19. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  20. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  21. Buckle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/38. f. 38.
  22. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  23. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  24. Day of month taken from predecessor. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
  26. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  27. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  28. Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  29. "Third Cruiser Squadron." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 11, 1929; pg. 6; Issue 45305.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  31. Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  32. Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  33. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 227.
  36. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
  38. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  39. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  40. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. Uboat.net page on the ship.

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, 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.
  • 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.
  • Kelly, Peter. The Tragic Loss of HMS Curacoa in Warship 1997-1998


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