H.M.S. Capetown (1919)

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H.M.S. Capetown (1919)
Pendant Number: 88 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 23 Feb, 1918
Launched: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: Apr, 1948

Service

Capetown was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1924 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station.[2]

She was commissioned on 1 July, 1927 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the America and West Indies Station.[3]

Re-commissioned on 31 December, 1929.[4]

Commissioned on 15 December, 1933.[5]

Commissioned on 17 July, 1934 under the command of Captain Douglas A. Budgen for service on the China Station.[6]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 July, 1936.[7]

Fire Control

Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 221.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 220.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 220.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 220.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
  8. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  9. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
  10. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
  11. Roynon-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/101. f. 101.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 733.
  13. Roynon-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/101. f. 101.
  14. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  15. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  16. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 222.
  18. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 221.
  20. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  21. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  22. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
  23. Tait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/328. f. 343.
  24. Tait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/328. f. 343.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 221.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 220.
  27. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 220.
  29. Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/97. f. 97.
  30. Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 221.
  32. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  33. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  34. Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  35. Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
  36. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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. Robson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/98. f. 125.
  46. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  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.

Bibliography

  • 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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