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Revision as of 01:09, 10 August 2017
| H.M.S. Dunedin (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 96 (Aug 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong[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]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles N. Tindal-Carill-Worsley, August, 1919[8] – March, 1920[9]
- Captain Charles A. W. Wrightson, 25 March, 1920[10][11] – 31 March, 1921[12][13]
- Captain Hubert S. Monroe, 31 March, 1921[14] – 16 November, 1922[15]
- Captain The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay, 16 November, 1922[16] – after 31 August, 1923[17]
- Captain Alister F. Beal, 12 July, 1923[18] – August, 1926[19] (and as Commodore, Second Class in charge of New Zealand Station)
- Captain George T. C. P. Swabey, 18 June, 1926[20] – 23 January, 1927[21] (on loan to New Zealand government)
- Captain James S. Macl. Ritchie, January, 1927[22] – 1928[23]
- Captain George T. C. P. Swabey, 26 October, 1927[24] – 18 October, 1929[25]
- Captain Geoffrey Blake, September, 1929[26] – April, 1932[27]
- Captain Martin J. C. de Meric, April, 1932[28] – August, 1933[29]
- Captain Fischer B. Watson, August, 1933[30] – March, 1935[31]
- Captain The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond, March, 1935[32] – November, 1937[33]
- Captain Henry B. Crane, 4 November, 1937 – 12 March, 1938 (vice "Hall")
- Captain Charles E. Lambe, January, 1939[34] – September, 1940[35]
- Captain Edward C. Thornton, 28 September, 1940[36] – 15 November, 1940[37]
- Captain Richard S. Lovatt, September, 1940[38] – 24 November, 1941[39] (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.[40]
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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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