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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Revision as of 14:57, 30 October 2014

H.M.S. Colombo (1918)
Pendant Number: 7A (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Fairfield
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1917
Launched: 18 Dec, 1918
Commissioned: 18 Jun, 1919
Sold: 22 Jan, 1948

Service

She recommissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1920.[2]

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.[3]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  3. ↑ Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 748.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Thanks to Paul Money for Ship's Log at The National Archives. ADM 53/73847.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • 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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