H.M.S. Capetown (1919)

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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

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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  3. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  4. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  7. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  8. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
  13. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  14. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  15. O'Donnell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 14.
  16. 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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