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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Kent'' (1926)|fate2=
|comp=22 Jun, 1928{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
|fatedate=1948{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
|order=
|name=Kent
|launch=16 Mar, 1926{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
|builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
|laid=15 Nov, 1924{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
|fate=Broken up
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Kent''''' was one of seven [[Kent Class Cruiser (1926)|''Kent'' Class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
Ready for trials in April 1928, ''Kent'' was to proceed to Portsmouth on April 19, expected to arrive on 1 May.<ref>"Naval, Military, And Air Force."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Apr 05, 1928; pg. 17; Issue 44860.</ref>

She was commissioned at Chatham on 25 June, 1928,{{NLFeb29|p. 249}} ''Kent'' went out to the [[China Station]] to relieve {{UK-Hawkins}} as flagship.<ref>"Naval And Military."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 17, 1928; pg. 19; Issue 44792.</ref>

In mid-1931 she was still with the {{UK-CS|5}} on the [[China Station]],{{NLJul31|p. 248}} but she returned to Chatham for a refit in 1931, replaced as flagship by {{UK-Suffolk|f=p}}.  She re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 July, 1931 to return to China.{{NLJan33|pp. 248-9}}

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 May, 1934.{{NLOct35|p. 250}}

Paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 30 January, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 251}}

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Kent''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James Wolfe-Murray|appt=23 January, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 248}}<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|ass=23 January, 1928<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|end=June, 1929<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A Tyrwhitt and then to [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Arthur K. Waistell]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=8 June, 1929|end=August, 1929|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Arthur K. Waistell]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Home Ramsay|nick=Bertram H. Ramsay|appt=27 July, 1929|end=19 June, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=20 June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 248}}|end=16 November, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=16 November, 1931<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=13 January, 1932<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|note=remained aboard as Chief of Staff, additional, as {{Com2RN}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=13 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 248}}|end=11 March, 1933}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Usborne Willis|nick=Algernon U. Willis|appt=21 January, 1933{{NavAppts|7 Oct. 1932, p. 6}}<ref>Willis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>|ass=11 February, 1933<ref>Willis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>|end=20 May, 1934<ref>Willis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower|nick=Ion B. B. Tower|appt=20 May, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 249}}|end=14 January, 1937|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Arthur Charles Pakenham|nick=Thomas A. C. Pakenham|appt=18 December, 1936<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/210.|}} f. 209.</ref>|end=22 January, 1937<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/210.|}} f. 209.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Ashmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>|end=12 September, 1939<ref>Ashmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=12 September, 1939<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=3 March, 1941<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>|note=temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Henry Venville|nick=John H. Venville|appt=24 February, 1941|end=15 May, 1941<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham|appt=15 May, 1941<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>|end=9 July, 1943<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=9 July, 1943<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=22 December, 1944<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Cuthbert Lang|nick=Douglas C. Lang|appt=|end=27 February, 1945}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=27 February, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=14 October, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=8 September, 1945|end=16 September, 1946}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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