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Revision as of 18:14, 19 December 2014
H.M.S. Calcutta (1918) | |
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Pendant Number: | 74 (Aug 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers |
Laid down: | 18 Oct, 1917 |
Launched: | 9 Jul, 1918 |
Sunk: | |
Fate: | Sunk 1 June, 1941 |
Service
In early 1921, she was flagship of the Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron.[2]
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.[3]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Percy L. H. Noble, 10 March, 1919[4]
- Captain Walter B. Compton, March, 1921[5]
- Captain Henry K. Kitson, February, 1923[6]
- Captain Alexander R. M. Ramsay, August, 1924[7]
- Captain Andrew Browne Cunningham, 11 May, 1926[8] – January, 1928[9]
- Captain Alfred E. Evans, September, 1928[10]
- Captain Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, December, 1928[11]
- Captain Kenneth Dewar,
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 738.
- ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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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