H.M.S. Cardiff (1917)

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H.M.S. Cardiff (1917)
Pendant Number: 29 (Jan 1918)
39 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Ordered: Mar/Apr 1916[3]
Laid down: 22 Jul, 1916[4]
Launched: 12 Apr, 1917[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1917[6]
Sold: 23 Jan, 1946[7]
Fate: Broken up at Troon[8]

Service

She recommissioned at Gibraltar on 15 December, 1920.[9]

Alterations

Cardiff was fitted with a director system in July 1917.[10]

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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 741.
  10. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  11. The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 752.
  12. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 741.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. 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, 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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