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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Penelope'' (1935)|fate2=by ''U 410''
|comp=13 Nov, 1936{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|fatedate=18 Feb, 1944
|name=Penelope
|launch=15 Oct, 1935{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|builder=[[Harland & Wolff]]{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|laid=30 May, 1934{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
|fate=Torpedoed
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Penelope''''' was one of four [[Arethusa Class Cruiser (1934)|''Arethusa'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Construction & Service==
As the new cruiser was nearing completion in June 1936, it was announced that Captain [[Gerard Walter Trevelyan Robertson]] would be first in her command.{{ToL|Command of the Penelope|10 June 1936, p. 11}}  However, he died in a motor vehicle accident on 12 August and so [[FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton]] was designated as their first captain.

Commissioned on 12 November, 1936 for service with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the [[Mediterranean Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 262}}

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Penelope''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton|nick=FitzRoy E. P. Hutton|appt=25 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 262}}|end=25 August, 1939|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=25 August, 1939<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|end=12 September, 1940<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|note=vice Hutton}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (emergency)|name=Alan Moir Harris|nick=Alan M. Harris|appt=12 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=21 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Thomas Warren Curtis|nick=William T. W. Curtis|appt=21 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=15 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Dacres Nicholl|nick=Angus D. Nicholl|appt=15 April, 1941<ref>Nicholl Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/82.|}} f. 82.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=15 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|note=vice Curtis, wounded by air attack}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John William Grant|nick=John W. Grant|appt=15 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=10 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Devereux Belben|nick=George D. Belben|appt=10 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=18 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Penelope_(97)}}
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==Footnotes==
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{{Footer Arethusa Class Cruiser (1934)}}

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