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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Dartmouth'' (1910)|fate2= |comm=Oct, 1911{{Conways1906|p. 52}} |fatedate=13 Dec, 1930{{DittColl|p. 45}} |order= |name=Dartmouth |launch=14 Dec, 1910{{DittColl|p. 45}} |builder=[[Vickers]]{{DittColl|p. 45}} |laid=19 Feb, 1910{{Conways1906|p. 52}} |fate=Sold |pend=27 (Feb 1915)<br>59 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 45}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> ==Service== Commissioned at Devonport on 24 October, 1911. In early 1913, she was attached with the {{UK-BS|3}}, but was ordered to join the {{UK-LCS|2}} in July.{{NLJul13|p. 298}} On 1 September 1913, now attached to the {{UK-LCS|3}}, she paid off at Devonport, to recommission the following day for service on the [[East Indies Station]], drawing a fresh crew from the depot.{{NavAppts|4 August, 1913; p. 10}} During the early part of the war, ''Dartmouth'' was part of the [[Mediterranean Fleet]]. In June 1915, ''Dartmouth'' was made part of the [[British Adriatic Squadron]] &ndash; a composite force of battleships and light cruisers based on [[Taranto]] and [[Brindisi]] and tasked with keeping the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] from leaving the confined waters of the Adriatic Sea. ''Dartmouth'' under the command of {{CaptRN}} [[Albert Percy Addison]] and {{UK-Bristol}} were part of the Allied naval force that sortied from Brindisi in the [[Battle of the Strait of Otranto]] on 14-15 May, 1917. ''Dartmouth'' was damaged by several shell hits in the indecisive and confused action before being torpedoed and seriously damaged by the German {{DE-UC25}} at 1.30pm. She was towed back to harbour for repairs. ''Dartmouth'' was fitted with a director in February, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.{{FCHMShips|pp. 11-12}} She recommissioned at Gibraltar in March, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 757}} She paid off into Dockyard Control on 26 September, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 230}} The ship re-commissioned at Portsmoputh on 1 April, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 230}} ''Dartmouth'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 29 December, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 230}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Dartmouth''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Lancelot Mawbey|nick=Henry L. Mawbey|appt=10 July, 1911{{NLJul13|p. 298}}<ref>Mawbey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 85.</ref>|end=10 August, 1913<ref>Mawbey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 85.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Judge D'Arcy|nick=Judge D'Arcy|appt=10 August, 1913<ref>D'Arcy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/400.|D8112192}} ff. 478, 40.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 393''h''}}|end=30 June, 1915<ref>D'Arcy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/400.|D8112192}} ff. 478, 40.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Albert Percy Addison|nick=Albert P. Addison|appt=9 September, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 393''n''}}<ref>Addison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/138.}} f. 138.</ref>|end=30 June, 1917<ref>Addison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/138.}} f. 138.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Willes Webley Hope|nick=Herbert W. W. Hope|appt=1 October, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 774}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither|nick=Guy P. Bigg-Wither|appt=3 August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 757}}<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 446.</ref>|end=14 August, 1921<ref>Bigg-Wither Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 446.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Dennis Marryat|nick=Hugh D. Marryat|appt=May, 1921|ass=mid August, 1921{{INF}}|end=15 February, 1922|note=assumed command upon her paying off}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Pitts|nick=Percy Pitts|appt=15 February, 1922<ref>Pitts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>|end=3 August, 1922<ref>Pitts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/241.|D7603027}} f. 273.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|nick=Astley D. C. Cooper-Key|appt=30 January, 1923<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 844}}|end=7 November, 1923<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}} f. 15.</ref>|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Ewen Cameron|nick=John E. Cameron|appt=1 February, 1924<ref>Cameron Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/409.|D7602727}} f. 453.</ref>|end=April, 1924<ref>Cameron Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/409.|D7602727}} f. 453.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet Devonport}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leonard Pius Vavasour|nick=Sir Leonard P. Vavasour, Bart.|appt=27 May, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 231}}|end=December, 1924|note=while vessel reduced to Reserve}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=early 1926<ref>Legge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>|end=15 April, 1926<ref>Legge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Norman Malet Colquhoun Thurstan|nick=Norman M. C. Thurstan|appt=April, 1926|end=28 September, 1926|note=for period of trials and then after reducing to reserve}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|nick=Astley D. C. Cooper-Key|appt=1 January, 1927<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 844}}|end=22 July, 1927<ref>Cooper-Key Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/29.|D7604128}} f. 15.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerard Aylmer Wells|nick=Gerard A. Wells|appt=1 April, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 230}}|end=15 August, 1927|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to V/A Commanding, Reserve Fleet}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dudley Burton Napier North|nick=Dudley B. N. North|appt=15 August, 1927<ref>North Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral [[Hugh Dudley Richards Watson|H. D. R. Watson]]|end=1928<ref>North Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 144.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Bernard Acworth|nick=Bernard Acworth|appt=c. January, 1928|end=early 1928}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke|nick=Joseph H. L. Yorke|appt=early 1928<ref>Yorke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}} f. 275.</ref>|end=1 May, 1928<ref>Yorke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}} f. 275.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ronald Hamilton Curzon Hallifax|nick=Ronald H. C. Hallifax|appt=29 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 230}}|end=May, 1929}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Graham Bower|nick=John G. Bower|appt=24 January, 1930<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>|end=30 April, 1930<ref>Bower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/99.|D7604511}} f. 222.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-06-HMS_Dartmouth.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dartmouth_(1911)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== <small> *{{DittColl}} *{{Conways1906}} *{{DreyerH}} *{{FCHMShips}} </small> {{Footer Weymouth Class Cruiser (1910)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dartmouth}} {{CatShipLightCruiser|UK}}

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