H.M.S. Dunedin (1918)

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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. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. ?.
  36. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. ?.
  37. Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  38. Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
  39. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. ?.
  40. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. ?.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
  42. Crane's Service Record notes he is "vice Hall".
  43. Loveband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/84. f. 84.
  44. Loveband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/84. f. 84.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  48. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  49. Lovatt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/37. f. 37.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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