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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*{{CaptRN}} [[Aubrey Lambert]], April 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Aubrey Lambert]], 19 April, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 738.</ref>
 
* Captain [[Hugh Schomberg Currey]], March 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Hugh Schomberg Currey]], March 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Arthur H. Walker]], August 1922.{{MackieRNW}}
 
* Captain [[Arthur H. Walker]], August 1922.{{MackieRNW}}

Revision as of 18:21, 19 December 2012

H.M.S. Cairo (1918)
Pendant Number: 97 (Sep 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird
Laid down: 28 Nov, 1917
Launched: 19 Nov, 1918
Sunk:
Fate: Sunk 12 August, 1942


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.[2]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

More at Colin Mackie's website.[10]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships: 1914-1919.
  2. Handbook for Capt. FC Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  3. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 738.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. 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.


Capetown Class Light Cruiser
Capetown Cairo Calcutta Carlisle Colombo
<– Danae Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Emerald Class –>