H.M.S. Curlew (1917)
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| H.M.S. Curlew (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 80 (Aug 1917) 3C (Jan 1918) 48 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Vickers[2] |
| Ordered: | Mar/Apr 1916[3] |
| Laid down: | 21 Aug, 1916[4] |
| Launched: | 5 Jul, 1917[5] |
| Commissioned: | Dec, 1917[6] |
| Sunk: | 26 May, 1940[7] |
| Fate: | Air attack, Norway |
Service
Curlew was fitted with a director system when she was commissioned in December, 1917.[8] She was immediately assigned to the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron of the Harwich Force.
She was re-commissioned at Rosyth on 27 April, 1920.[9]
She re-commissioned on 24 November, 1922 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the North America and West Indies Station.[10]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 April, 1927 for the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, but was temporarily attached to the China Station.[11]
Curlew paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 15 September, 1928.[12]
The ship re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 March, 1931.[13]
Paid off into Reserve 23 August, 1933.[14]
In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[15]
Curlew was re-configured as an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1935 and 1936 and was re-commissioned at Chatham on 14 October, 1936 and joined the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.[16]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Wilfrid Nunn, 28 November, 1917[17][18] – 31 March, 1919[19]
- Captain Charles N. Tindal-Carill-Worsley, 1 April, 1919 – May, 1919
- Lieutenant-Commander Beauchamp A. Francis, 30 July, 1919[20] – 22 April, 1920
- Captain William M. James, April, 1920[21] – c. September, 1922
- Captain Harold E. Sulivan, 10 January, 1921[22] – 15 January, 1921[23] (for trials)
- Captain Harold E. Sulivan, 24 June, 1921[24] – c. September, 1922[25]
- Captain L. Stanley Holbrook, 1 November, 1922[26] – November, 1924[27]
- Captain Henry D. Bridges, 1 November, 1924[28][29] – 29 April, 1927[30]
- Captain Alfred H. Taylor, c. 20 April, 1927 – c. 23 June, 1927
- Captain Hamilton C. Allen, May, 1927[31] – 18 March, 1929[32]
- Commander Stuart E. Holder, late 1928 – 15 November, 1928 (for passage to Chatham)
- Captain Richard M. Welby, June, 1929[33] – c. July, 1929[34] (for period of trials)
- Commander John G. Bower, July, 1929[35] – November, 1929[36] (took command upon reducing to Reserve)
- Captain Arthur F. Pridham, November, 1929[37] – 1 September, 1930[38]
- Captain Charles G. Stuart, 15 August, 1930[39][40] – 30 August, 1932[41]
- Commander Charles A. Browne, 23 February, 1932[42] – July, 1932[43] (temporary)
- Captain Bertram C. Watson, 22 July, 1932[44][45] – 24 August, 1933[46]
- Commander Charles N. E. Currey, 23 August, 1933[47] – 15 January, 1934[48]
- Commander Patrick Butter, 15 January, 1934[49][50] – 8 April, 1935[51]
- Commander Charles E. S. Farrant, 8 April, 1935[52] – 1936[53]
- Captain Augustus W. S. Agar, 9 January, 1936[54] – 14 October, 1936[55]
- Commander Russell H. McBean, c. mid-October, 1936[Inference] – 3 November, 1936[56] (temporary, upon reducing to reserve)
- Commander William S. Bardwell, 3 November, 1936[57] – 9 March, 1937[58]
- Commander Alfred Bowman, 8 March, 1937[59]
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald W. Hore, 15 July, 1939[60] – 31 July, 1939[61] (vice Butler, which is not indicated in his Service Record)
- Lieutenant-Commander Frank G. Emley, 31 July, 1939[62] – 24 August, 1939[63]
- Captain Basil C. B. Brooke, 23 August, 1939[64] – 16 February, 1940 (fell ill)
- Captain (retired) Philip Hordern, 16 February, 1940 – 26 April, 1940 (temporary, during illness of Brooke)
- Captain Basil C. B. Brooke, 26 April, 1940 – 26 May, 1940[65] (vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 229, 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.
- ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
- ↑ Nunn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/484. f. 484.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 771.
- ↑ Nunn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/484. f. 484.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 756.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222. Month may be read incorrectly.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
- ↑ Pridham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 302.
- ↑ Pridham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 302.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
- ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/312. ff. 653, 261.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/312. ff. 653, 261.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 228.
- ↑ Butter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/122. f. 486.
- ↑ Butter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/122. f. 486.
- ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
- ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
- ↑ Agar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/301. f. 656.
- ↑ Agar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/301. f. 656.
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 227.
- ↑ Hore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/187. f. 189.
- ↑ Hore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/187. f. 189.
- ↑ Emley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/81. f. ?.
- ↑ Emley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/81. f. ?.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ 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.
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