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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. C. Graham|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1943{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. C. Graham|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1943{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=July, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=July, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 10 June 2016
| H.M.S. Kent (1926) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 15 Nov, 1924[2] |
| Launched: | 16 Mar, 1926[3] |
| Completed: | 22 Jun, 1928[4] |
| Broken up: | 1948[5] |
H.M.S. Kent was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Captains
- Captain James Wolfe-Murray, 23 January, 1928[6] – June, 1929[7] (and as Flag Captain to R/A Tyrwhitt and then to Arthur K. Waistell)
- Captain Bertram H. Ramsay, June, 1929[8][9] – 1931[10]
- Captain John H. Godfrey, early 1931[11] – June, 1931[12]
- Captain Thomas B. Drew, December, 1931[13] – January, 1933[14]
- Captain Algernon U. Willis, January, 1933[15] – 20 May, 1934[16]
- Captain Ion B. B. Tower, May, 1934[17] – January, 1937[18]
- Captain Leslie H. Ashmore, 7 April, 1938[19] – 12 September, 1939[20]
- Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 12 September, 1939[21] – 3 March, 1941[22] (temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick)
- Captain Angus E. M. B. C. Graham, May, 1941[23] – July, 1943[24]
- Captain Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins, July, 1943[25] – January, 1945[26]
- Captain Walter H. G. Fallowfield, January, 1945[27] – September, 1945[28]
- Captain Philip H. Calderon, September, 1945[29]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
- ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
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