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==Service==
==Service==
Her First Lieutenant and Gunnery officer, from July, 1918 was Lieutenant [[Frank Henderson Pegram]].


Paid off at Chatham, 17 May, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 779}}
''Craufurd{{'}}s'' First Lieutenant and Gunnery officer from July, 1918 was Lieutenant [[Frank Henderson Pegram]].
 
On 8 August 1918, {{UK-Gorgon}} collided with ''General Craufurd''.  Captain [[Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott|Scott]] of ''Gorgon'' was subjected to a Court of Enquiry, but no undue fallout affected him, however, and he remained in command of the monitor until 30 July, 1919.<ref>Scott Service Records. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/203.|D7603455}} f. 207.</ref>
 
The monitor paid off at Chatham on 17 May, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 779}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Edward Altham|nick=Edward Altham|appt=20 June, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 393''z''}}|end=1918{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Edward Altham|nick=Edward Altham|appt=20 June, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 393''z''}}|end=29 April, 1918|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=29 April, 1918<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.}} f. 164.</ref>|end=14 September, 1919<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.}} f. 164.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=29 April, 1918<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.}} f. 164.</ref>|end=14 September, 1919<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.}} f. 164.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Neston William Diggle|nick=Neston W. Diggle|appt=2 May, 1918|end=24 June, 1918|note=temporary}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 30 April 2020

H.M.S. General Craufurd (1915)
Pendant Number: M.05 (Apr 1915)
M.03 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast[2]
Laid down: 9 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 8 Jul, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Aug, 1915[5]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[6]

Service

Craufurd's First Lieutenant and Gunnery officer from July, 1918 was Lieutenant Frank Henderson Pegram.

On 8 August 1918, Gorgon collided with General Craufurd. Captain Scott of Gorgon was subjected to a Court of Enquiry, but no undue fallout affected him, however, and he remained in command of the monitor until 30 July, 1919.[7]

The monitor paid off at Chatham on 17 May, 1920.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 45.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 103.
  7. ↑ Scott Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/203. f. 207.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 779.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393z.
  10. ↑ Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  11. ↑ Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.

Bibliography

  • Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)


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