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Revision as of 12:59, 23 April 2018
| H.M.S. Dunedin (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 96 (Aug 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[2] |
| Laid down: | Nov, 1917[3] |
| Launched: | 19 Nov, 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | 13 Sep, 1919[5] |
| Torpedoed: | 24 Nov, 1941[6] |
| Fate: | by U 124 |
Service
Dunedin was commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1920.[7] By early 1929, she was with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.[8]
Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 29 May, 1931.[9]
She completed to full complement at Chatham on 26 May, 1932.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles N. Tindal-Carill-Worsley, 29 August, 1919 – 25 March, 1920
- Captain Charles A. W. Wrightson, 25 March, 1920[11][12] – 31 March, 1921[13][14]
- Captain Hubert S. Monroe, 31 March, 1921[15] – 16 November, 1922[16]
- Captain The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay, 16 November, 1922[17] – after 31 August, 1923[18]
- Commodore, Second Class Alister F. Beal, 12 July, 1923[19] – August, 1926[20] (and in charge of New Zealand Station)
- Captain George T. C. P. Swabey, 18 June, 1926[21] – 23 January, 1927[22] (on loan to New Zealand government)
- Captain James S. Macl. Ritchie, January, 1927[23] – 1928[24]
- Captain George T. C. P. Swabey, 26 October, 1927[25] – 18 October, 1929[26]
- Captain Geoffrey Blake, September, 1929[27] – April, 1932[28]
- Captain Martin J. C. de Meric, 5 April, 1932[29] – August, 1933[30]
- Captain Fischer B. Watson, August, 1933[31] – March, 1935[32]
- Captain The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond, March, 1935[33] – November, 1937[34]
- Captain Henry B. Crane, 4 November, 1937 – 12 March, 1938 (vice "Hall")
- Captain Charles E. Lambe, January, 1939[35] – September, 1940[36]
- Captain Edward C. Thornton, 28 September, 1940[37] – 15 November, 1940[38]
- Captain Richard S. Lovatt, September, 1940[39] – 24 November, 1941[40] (killed when vessel lost)
Fire Control
Listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 763.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 297.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 297.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 300.
- ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 763.
- ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
- ↑ Ship's Log
- ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
- ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 300.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
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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