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''Curlew'' paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 15 September, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 229}} | ''Curlew'' paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 15 September, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 229}} | ||
− | The ship re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 March, 1931.{{ | + | The ship re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 March, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 228}} |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Francis Pridham|nick=Arthur F. Pridham|appt=November, 1929<ref>Pridham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 302.</ref>|end=1 September, 1930<ref>Pridham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 302.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Francis Pridham|nick=Arthur F. Pridham|appt=November, 1929<ref>Pridham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 302.</ref>|end=1 September, 1930<ref>Pridham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 302.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=15 August, 1930<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 228}}|ass=September, 1930<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>|end=30 August, 1932<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=15 August, 1930<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 228}}|ass=September, 1930<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>|end=30 August, 1932<ref>Stuart Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Chalmers Watson|nick=Bertram C. Watson|appt=22 July, 1932<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>|ass=20 August, 1932<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=24 August, 1933<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bertram Chalmers Watson|nick=Bertram C. Watson|appt=22 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 228}}<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>|ass=20 August, 1932<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=24 August, 1933<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Butter|nick=Patrick Butter|appt=15 January, 1934<ref>Butter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/122.|D7605209}} f. 486.</ref>|end=8 April, 1935<ref>Butter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/122.|D7605209}} f. 486.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Butter|nick=Patrick Butter|appt=15 January, 1934<ref>Butter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/122.|D7605209}} f. 486.</ref>|end=8 April, 1935<ref>Butter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/122.|D7605209}} f. 486.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant|nick=Charles E. S. Farrant|appt=8 April, 1935<ref>Farrant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/41.|D7605629}} f. 41.</ref>|end=1936<ref>Farrant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/41.|D7605629}} f. 41.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Eric Seaburne Farrant|nick=Charles E. S. Farrant|appt=8 April, 1935<ref>Farrant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/41.|D7605629}} f. 41.</ref>|end=1936<ref>Farrant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/41.|D7605629}} f. 41.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 20:24, 30 March 2018
H.M.S. Curlew (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | 80 (Aug 1917) 3C (Jan 1918) 48 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Vickers[2] |
Ordered: | Mar/Apr 1916[3] |
Laid down: | 21 Aug, 1916[4] |
Launched: | 5 Jul, 1917[5] |
Commissioned: | Dec, 1917[6] |
Sunk: | 26 May, 1940[7] |
Fate: | Air attack, Norway |
Service
Curlew was fitted with a director system when she was commissioned in December, 1917.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Rosyth on 27 April, 1920.[9]
She re-commissioned on 24 November, 1922 for service with the Eighth Cruiser Squadron on the North America and West Indies Station.[10]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 April, 1927 for the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, but was temporarily attached to the China Station.[11]
Curlew paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 15 September, 1928.[12]
The ship re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 March, 1931.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Wilfrid Nunn, 28 November, 1917[14][15] – 31 March, 1919[16]
- Captain Charles N. Tindal-Carill-Worsley, 1 April, 1919 – May, 1919
- Lieutenant-Commander Beauchamp A. Francis, 30 July, 1919[17] – 22 April, 1920
- Captain William M. James, April, 1920[18]
- Captain Harold E. Sulivan, 10 January, 1921[19] – 15 January, 1921[20] (for trials)
- Captain Harold E. Sulivan, 24 June, 1921[21] – c. September, 1922[22]
- Captain L. Stanley Holbrook, 1 November, 1922[23] – November, 1924[24]
- Captain Henry D. Bridges, 1 November, 1924[25][26] – 29 April, 1927[27]
- Captain Alfred H. Taylor, c. 20 April, 1927 – c. 23 June, 1927
- Captain Hamilton C. Allen, May, 1927[28] – 18 March, 1929[29]
- Commander Stuart E. Holder, late 1928 (for passage to Chatham)
- Captain Richard M. Welby, June, 1929[30] – c. July, 1929[31] (for period of trials)
- Commander John G. Bower, July, 1929[32] – November, 1929[33] (took command upon reducing to Reserve)
- Captain Arthur F. Pridham, November, 1929[34] – 1 September, 1930[35]
- Captain Charles G. Stuart, 15 August, 1930[36][37] – 30 August, 1932[38]
- Captain Bertram C. Watson, 22 July, 1932[39][40] – 24 August, 1933[41]
- Commander Patrick Butter, 15 January, 1934[42] – 8 April, 1935[43]
- Commander Charles E. S. Farrant, 8 April, 1935[44] – 1936[45]
- Captain Augustine W. S. Agar, 9 January, 1936[46] – 14 October, 1936[47]
- Captain Basil C. B. Brooke, August, 1939[48] – 26 May, 1940[49] (vessel lost under his command)
- Captain (retired) Philip Hordern, 16 February, 1940 – 26 April, 1940 (temporary, during illness of Brooke)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 229, 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
- ↑ Nunn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/484. f. 484.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 771.
- ↑ Nunn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/484. f. 484.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 756.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 756.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ Holbrook Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 219.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222. Month may be read incorrectly.
- ↑ Bower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/99. f. 222.
- ↑ Pridham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 302.
- ↑ Pridham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 302.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
- ↑ Butter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/122. f. 486.
- ↑ Butter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/122. f. 486.
- ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
- ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
- ↑ Agar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/301. f. 656.
- ↑ Agar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/301. f. 656.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
- 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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