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− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=February, 1923{{ | + | {{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>}} |
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=May, 1926{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=May, 1926{{MackieRNW}}}} |
Revision as of 16:21, 19 January 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]
- Captain George H. Knowles, May, 1924[4]
- Captain Oswald H. Dawson, May, 1926[5]
- Captain The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond, July, 1927[6]
- Captain W. E. Campbell Tait, July, 1929[7]
- Captain Douglas A. Budgen, July, 1934[8]
- Captain Cuthbert Coppinger, June, 1936[9]
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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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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