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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar]], February 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[George H. Knowles]], May 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Oswald H. Dawson]], May 1926.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[E. Rupert Drummond]], July 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[W. E. Campbell Tait]], July 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Douglas A. Budgen]], July 1934.{{MackieRNW}}
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*Captain [[Cuthbert Coppinger]], June 1936.{{MackieRNW}}
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More at Colin Mackie's website.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 22:02, 23 October 2012

H.M.S. Capetown (1919)
Pendant Number: 88 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 23 Feb, 1918
Launched: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: Apr, 1948


Fire Control

Listed in June 1918 as one of 8 light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

More at Colin Mackie's website.[10]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. 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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