H.M.S. Colombo (1918)

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H.M.S. Colombo (1918)
Pendant Number: 7A (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1917
Launched: 18 Dec, 1918
Commissioned: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: 22 Jan, 1948

Service

Colombo was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1920.[2]

She re-commissioned 1 September, 1924.[3]

Re-commissioned on 19 July 1926 for service on the North America and West Indies Station.[4]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 3 January, 1928.[5]

She re-commissioned for trials at Chatham on 15 April, 1931 under the command of Aubrey Thomas Tillard.[6]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 27 June, 1933 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station.[7]

Re-commissioned on 23 October, 1936 in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.[8]

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.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Some confusion in 1936, it seems.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p.226.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 225.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 225.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 223.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 223.
  9. Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1920). p. 748.
  11. Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  12. Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  13. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 739.
  16. Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 226.
  18. Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  19. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  22. Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  23. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  24. Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  25. Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
  26. Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
  27. Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
  28. Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 9.
  29. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  30. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  31. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  32. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  33. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  34. Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/169. f. 527.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
  36. Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  37. Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  38. Barton Service Record. The National Archives. 196/56/181. f. 183.
  39. Barton Service Record. The National Archives. 196/56/181. f. 183.
  40. Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  41. Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  42. Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/76. f. 76. Year incorrectly given as 1935.
  43. Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/76. f. 76.
  44. Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  45. Dalley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/93. f. 93.
  46. Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
  47. Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
  48. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  49. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  50. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  51. Bedford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. ?.
  52. Bedford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. ?.
  53. Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  54. Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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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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