H.M.S. Comus (1914)

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H.M.S. Comus (1914)
Pendant Number: 5C (1914)
A7 (Mar 1916)
45 (Jan 1918)
02 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Laid down: 3 Nov, 1913[3]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1914[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1915[5]
Sold: 28 Jul, 1934[6]
Fate: to Ward, Barrow[7]

H.M.S. Comus was one of six Caroline class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy early in the Great War.

Service

Comus was originally envisioned as a unit to join the Second Light Cruiser Squadron upon her completion, but she joined the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron instead.

She operated with 4 L.C.S. at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Hotham, deployed three miles ahead of the Battle Fleet as it closed on the Battle Cruiser Fleet.[8]

About March, 1919 she was moved over to join the re-fashioned First Light Cruiser Squadron.[9] Comus then recommissioned at Rosyth on 21 October, 1919[10] and resumed operations with the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron.

Comus again re-commissioned on 1 July, 1922.[11]

The cruiser was re-commissioned with a Reserve Crew at Devonport on 27 May, 1924.[12]

Comus paid off into Dockyard Control on 3 December, 1924.[13]

After a period being paid off and undergoing repairs at Devonport, she was commissioned on 8 September 1925 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet,[14] relieving Carysfort to permit her to undergo substantial repairs at Rosyth. Carysfort's crew was transferred to Comus as part of this evolution.[15]

Comus re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1927.[16]

The cruiser was re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 May, 1930.[17]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[18]

Comus was transferred into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 8 December, 1933.[19]

Alterations

Comus was one of just six light cruisers listed as having a Turret Control Table in her TS in June 1918. If and when this was provided is uncertain.[20]

She was fitted with a director in May, 1918. This alteration required her pole mast to be replaced with a tripod mast for greater rigidity.[21]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 56.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 47.
  8. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 16.
  9. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1919). p. 10.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 750.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 740.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 227.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p.227.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.
  15. "Naval and Military." The Times (London, England), 20 July 1925, p. 10.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 226.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  18. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
  20. Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
  21. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
  22. Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  23. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393f.
  24. Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  25. Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  26. The Navy List. (November, 1917). . 392p.
  27. Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  28. in command at Operation ZZ
  29. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 763.
  30. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 763.
  31. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/10. f. 11.
  32. Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  33. Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 164.
  34. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  35. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 740.
  36. Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  37. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  38. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  39. Thursfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 276.
  40. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  41. Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  42. Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  43. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.
  44. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  45. Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  46. Sawbridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/290. f. ?.
  47. Sawbridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/290. f. ?.
  48. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  49. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  50. Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  51. Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  52. Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  53. Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  54. Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
  55. Pillans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/78. f. 210.
  56. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 224.
  57. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  58. Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
  59. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  60. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  61. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.

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.
  • 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.


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