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==Service==
==Service==
''Dunedin'' was listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a [[Mark III* Dreyer Table]], presumably in place at time of completion.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}
''Dunedin'' was commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 297}}  By early 1929, she was with the [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy]].{{NLFeb29|p. 297}}
''Dunedin'' was commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1920.{{NLApr25|p. 297}}  By early 1929, she was with the [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy]].{{NLFeb29|p. 297}}


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She completed to full complement at Chatham on 26 May, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 300}}
She completed to full complement at Chatham on 26 May, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 300}}
She re-commissioned in Rserve at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 235}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=5 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 300}}|end=August, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=5 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 300}}|end=August, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=August, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1935{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=August, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1935{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=March, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=March, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=7 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 235}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Berwick Crane|nick=Henry B. Crane|appt=4 November, 1937|end=12 March, 1938|note=vice "Hall"}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Buller Edward Hall|nick=John B. E. Hall|appt=7 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 235}}|end=4 November, 1937<ref>[[Henry Berwick Crane|Crane's]] Service Record notes he is "vice Hall".</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Berwick Crane|nick=Henry B. Crane|appt=4 November, 1937|end=12 March, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edward Lambe|nick=Charles E. Lambe|appt=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edward Lambe|nick=Charles E. Lambe|appt=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=28 September, 1940<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=15 November, 1940<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=28 September, 1940<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=15 November, 1940<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Stratford Lovatt|nick=Richard S. Lovatt|appt=September, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=24 November, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Stratford Lovatt|nick=Richard S. Lovatt|appt=September, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=24 November, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost}}
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==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.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:26, 14 June 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 listed in June 1918 as one of eight light cruisers to receive a Mark III* Dreyer Table, presumably in place at time of completion.[7]

Dunedin was commissioned at Chatham on 1 October, 1920.[8] By early 1929, she was with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.[9]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 29 May, 1931.[10]

She completed to full complement at Chatham on 26 May, 1932.[11]

She re-commissioned in Rserve at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1937.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 763.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 297.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 297.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 300.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
  13. ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 763.
  15. ↑ Wrightson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/101. f. 112.
  16. ↑ Ship's Log
  17. ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  18. ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  19. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  20. ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  24. ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  28. ↑ Swabey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/6. f. 6.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 300.
  32. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  33. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
  38. ↑ Crane's Service Record notes he is "vice Hall".
  39. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  40. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  42. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  43. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  44. ↑ 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.


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