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H.M.S. Coventry (1917)
Pendant Number:	4C (Jan 1918) 61 (Apr 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Swan Hunter^[2]
Ordered:	Mar/Apr 1916^[3]
Laid down:	4 Aug, 1916^[4]
Launched:	6 Jul, 1917^[5]
Commissioned:	Feb, 1918^[6]
Sunk:	14 Sep, 1942^[7]
Fate:	Air attack in Med

Service

Coventry was re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 May, 1920 bearing Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet.^[8]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 May, 1923. She would proceed to the Mediterranean, this time to accommodate Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet.^[9]

She commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 June 1926 for service in the Mediterranean.^[10]

The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 August, 1930.^[11]

Re-commissioned with Reserve Complement on 1 August, 1935.^[12]

Commissioned on 13 April, 1937.^[13]

Alterations

Coventry was fitted with a director system in February, 1918.^[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Francis G. St. John, 3 January, 1918^[15]^[16] – 4 February, 1919
Captain Howard J. L. W. K. Willcox, 4 February, 1919^[17] – October, 1919
Captain William R. Napier, November, 1919^[18]
Captain Alfred H. Norman, c. mid 1920^[19] – 1 July, 1922 (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A Hodges)
Captain Benjamin W. Barrow, 15 July, 1922^[20] – 29 July, 1924^[21] (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R.A. Waistell)
Captain Richard M. King, 29 July, 1924^[22]^[23] – and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Baird
Captain Herbert Fitzherbert, 7 August, 1926^[24] – 14 January, 1929 (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A The Hon. Herbert Meade)
Captain Frederick A. Sommerville, 8 May, 1930^[25] – 10 July, 1930^[26] (for trials)
Commander Philip H. Calderon, 23 June, 1930 – 6 August, 1930^[Inference] (took command upon reducing to reserve)
Captain Edward L. S. King, 6 August, 1930^[27] – November, 1931^[28]
Captain Henry E. Horan, 28 November, 1931^[29] – after June, 1934^[30]
Commander Cyril A. H. Brooking, September, 1935^[31] – October, 1935^[Inference]
Captain James W. Rivett-Carnac, October, 1935^[32] – 1936^[33]
Captain Oswald W. Cornwallis, – 12 April, 1937
Captain ('I, Jp.) Desmond N. C. Tufnell, 12 April, 1937^[34] – 18 August, 1938
Captain Richard F. J. Onslow, August, 1938^[35] – April, 1940^[36]
Captain David Gilmour, April, 1940^[37] – May, 1941^[38]
Captain William P. Carne, May, 1941^[39] – January, 1942^[40]
Captain Ronald J. R. Dendy, January, 1942^[41] – September, 1942^[42]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 753.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 226.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 226.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 767.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 766.
↑ Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.
↑ "undated" transfer from Castor.
↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.
↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
↑ Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 227.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 226.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 226.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 226.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
↑ 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.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ 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, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
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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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[2] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 61.

[7] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.

[8] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 753.

[9] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.

[10] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.

[11] The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 226.

[12] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 226.

[13] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.

[14] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.

[15] St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.

[16] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 767.

[17] The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 766.

[18] Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 296.

[19] "undated" transfer from Castor.

[20] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.

[21] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.

[22] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.

[23] King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.

[24] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.

[25] Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.

[26] Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10. f. 413.

[27] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 227.

[28] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[29] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 226.

[30] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 226.

[31] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 226.

[32] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[33] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[34] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.

[35] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[36] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[37] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[38] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[39] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[40] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[41] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[42] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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