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==Service==
==Service==
She recommissioned at Chatham on 1 May, 1920 bearing Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJan21|p. 753}}
''Coventry'' was re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 May, 1920 bearing Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJan21|p. 753}}


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.{{NLApr25|p. 229}}
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.{{NLApr25|p. 229}}


She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 August, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 227}}
She commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 June 1926 for service in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul27|p. 228}}
 
The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 August, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 226}}
 
Re-commissioned with Reserve Complement on 1 August, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 226}}
 
Commissioned on 13 April, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 226}}


==Alterations==
==Alterations==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Coventry''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=3 January, 1918<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 767}}|end=4 February, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=3 January, 1918<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 767}}|end=4 February, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Howard James Lionel Walter Kox Willcox|nick=Howard J. L. W. K. Willcox|appt=February, 1919{{MackieRNW}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Howard James Lionel Walter Kox Willcox|nick=Howard J. L. W. K. Willcox|appt=4 February, 1919{{NLOct19|p. 766}}|end=October, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Rawdon Napier|nick=William R. Napier|appt=November, 1919<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Rawdon Napier|nick=William R. Napier|appt=November, 1919<ref>Napier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 296.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Headley Norman|nick=Alfred H. Norman|appt=1 May, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 753}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Headley Norman|nick=Alfred H. Norman|appt=c. mid 1920<ref>"undated" transfer from {{UK-Castor}}.</ref>|end=1 July, 1922|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A Hodges}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|nick=Benjamin W. Barrow|appt=15 July, 1922<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|end=29 July, 1924<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R.A. [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Waistell]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|nick=Benjamin W. Barrow|appt=15 July, 1922<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|end=29 July, 1924<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R.A. [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Waistell]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=29 July, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 229}}<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=August, 1926<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A [[George Henry Baird|Baird]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=29 July, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 229}}<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=August, 1926<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A [[George Henry Baird|Baird]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=7 August, 1926|end=14 January, 1929|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A The Hon. [[Herbert Meade]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=7 August, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 228}}|end=14 January, 1929|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A The Hon. [[Herbert Meade]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=8 May, 1930<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=10 July, 1930<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Avenel Sommerville|nick=Frederick A. Sommerville|appt=8 May, 1930<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|end=10 July, 1930<ref>Sommerville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/10.}} f. 413.</ref>|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=23 June, 1930|end=6 August, 1930{{INF}}|note=took command upon reducing to reserve}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Leigh Stuart King|nick=Edward L. S. King|appt=6 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 227}}|end=November, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Leigh Stuart King|nick=Edward L. S. King|appt=6 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 227}}|end=November, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Edward Horan|nick=Henry E. Horan|appt=November, 1931{{MackieRNW}}|end=1934{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Edward Horan|nick=Henry E. Horan|appt=28 November, 1931{{NLJul34|p. 226}}|end=after June, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 226}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James William Rivett-Carnac|nick=James W. Rivett-Carnac|appt=October, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Cyril Aubrey Hamilton Brooking|nick=Cyril A. H. Brooking|appt=September, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 226}}|end=15 October, 1935<ref>Rivett-Carnac Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/330.|}} f. 687.</ref>|note=took command upon reducing to reserve}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Desmond Nevill Cooper Tufnell|nick=Desmond N. C. Tufnell|appt=April, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James William Rivett-Carnac|nick=James W. Rivett-Carnac|appt=15 October, 1935<ref>Rivett-Carnac Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/330.|}} f. 687.</ref>|end=14 November, 1936<ref>Rivett-Carnac Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/330.|}} f. 687.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Francis John Onslow|nick=Richard F. J. Onslow|appt=August, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis|nick=Oswald W. Cornwallis|appt=5 October, 1936<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>|end=12 April, 1937<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>|note=vice "Fuller"}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=David Gilmour|nick=David Gilmour|appt=April, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain ('''I''', ''Jp.'')|name=Desmond Nevill Cooper Tufnell|nick=Desmond N. C. Tufnell|appt=12 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 226}}|end=18 August, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Power Carne|nick=William P. Carne|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Francis John Onslow|nick=Richard F. J. Onslow|appt=18 August, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|1198}}|end=22 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1198}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ronald John Robert Dendy|nick=Ronald J. R. Dendy|appt=January, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=David Gilmour|nick=David Gilmour|appt=22 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1198}}|end=19 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1198}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Power Carne|nick=William P. Carne|appt=19 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1198}}|end=5 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1198}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ronald John Robert Dendy|nick=Ronald J. R. Dendy|appt=5 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1198}}|end=14 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1198}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


Latest revision as of 21:08, 18 March 2021

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.

See Also

Footnotes

  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. ↑ Rivett-Carnac Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/330. f. 687.
  33. ↑ Rivett-Carnac Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/330. f. 687.
  34. ↑ Rivett-Carnac Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/330. f. 687.
  35. ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
  36. ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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