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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=10 March, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 738}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=10 March, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 738}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Burdge Compton|nick=Walter B. Compton|appt=1 March, 1921|end=1922}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Burdge Compton|nick=Walter B. Compton|appt=1 March, 1921<ref>Compton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/247.|D7603033}} f. 281.</ref>|end=9 May, 1922<ref>Compton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/247.|D7603033}} f. 281.  I am inferring the date within 1922.</ref>}}
{{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=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=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}}

Revision as of 18:52, 23 June 2017

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]

Calcutta re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 September, 1923.[3]

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.[4]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 220.
  4. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 738.
  6. ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/247. f. 281.
  7. ↑ Compton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/247. f. 281. I am inferring the date within 1922.
  8. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  9. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  10. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  11. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  12. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  13. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  14. ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  15. ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  16. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  17. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  18. ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
  19. ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
  20. ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
  21. ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ 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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