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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Burdge Compton|nick=Walter B. Compton|appt=March, 1921{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth Dewar|appt=9 May, 1922<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.  f. 59.</ref>|end=February, 1923<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.  f. 59.</ref>|note=and as Chief of Staff to Sir [[William Christopher Pakenham|William Pakenham]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth Dewar|appt=9 May, 1922<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.  f. 59.</ref>|end=February, 1923<ref>Dewar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45}}.  f. 59.</ref>|note=and as Chief of Staff to Sir [[William Christopher Pakenham|William Pakenham]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=February, 1923{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=3 February, 1923<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|end=September, 1924<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to V.A. Michael Culme-Seymour}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=15 August, 1924<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=11 May, 1926<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=15 August, 1924<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=11 May, 1926<ref>Ramsay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew Browne Cunningham|appt=11 May, 1926<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=January, 1928<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew Browne Cunningham|appt=11 May, 1926<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=January, 1928<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>}}

Revision as of 13:36, 23 April 2015

H.M.S. Calcutta (1918)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 738.
  3. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  7. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  8. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  9. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  10. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  11. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  12. ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  13. ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ 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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