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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=February, 1923<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 59.</ref>|end=May, 1924<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 59.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=February, 1923<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 59.</ref>|end=May, 1924<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 59.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=May, 1924{{MackieRNW}}|end=15 May, 1926<ref>Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=May, 1924{{MackieRNW}}|end=15 May, 1926<ref>Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Coppinger|nick=Cuthbert Coppinger|appt=8 June, 1936<ref>Coppinger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|end=10 October, 1938<ref>Coppinger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cuthbert Coppinger|nick=Cuthbert Coppinger|appt=8 June, 1936<ref>Coppinger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>|end=10 October, 1938<ref>Coppinger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|}} f. 684.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Eric Maxia O'Donnell|nick=George E. M. O'Donnell|appt=17 November, 1942<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|end=12 July, 1943<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|note=vice a man with last name "James"}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Eric Maxia O'Donnell|nick=George E. M. O'Donnell|appt=17 November, 1942<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|end=12 July, 1943<ref>O'Donnell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56.|D7605961}} f. 14.</ref>|note=vice a man with last name "James"}} | ||
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Revision as of 20:43, 3 November 2015
| H.M.S. Capetown (1919) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 88 (Nov 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down: | 23 Feb, 1918 |
| Launched: | 18 Jun, 1919 |
| Sold: | Apr, 1948 |
Service
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.
- Captain Kenneth G. B. Dewar, February, 1923[3] – May, 1924[4]
- Captain George H. Knowles, May, 1924[5] – 15 May, 1926[6]
- Captain Oswald H. Dawson, 15 May, 1926[7] – 8 August, 1927[8]
- Captain The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond, July, 1927[9]
- Captain W. E. Campbell Tait, July, 1929[10]
- Captain Douglas A. Budgen, 17 July, 1934[11] – 8 June, 1936[12]
- Captain Cuthbert Coppinger, 8 June, 1936[13] – 10 October, 1938[14]
- Captain George E. M. O'Donnell, 17 November, 1942[15] – 12 July, 1943[16] (vice a man with last name "James")
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/97. f. 97.
- ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
- ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
- ↑ Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
- ↑ O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
- ↑ O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
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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