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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=9 November, 1937<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=20 April, 1938<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=9 November, 1937<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=20 April, 1938<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Beasly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=April, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Beasly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=April, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=24 July, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=9 November, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|note=for trials}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=April, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=April, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
Revision as of 17:24, 17 July 2017
| H.M.S. Aurora (1936) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 23 Jul, 1935[2] |
| Launched: | 20 Aug, 1936[3] |
| Completed: | 12 Nov, 1937[4] |
| Transferred: | 1948 |
| Fate: | to China |
H.M.S. Aurora was one of four Arethusa Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Captains
- Captain Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 9 November, 1937[5] – 20 April, 1938[6]
- Captain Geoffrey R. B. Back, April, 1937[7] – July, 1937[8]
- Captain Cecil S. Sandford, 24 July, 1937[9] – 9 November, 1937[10] (for trials)
- Captain Gervase B. Middleton, April, 1938[11] – January, 1940[12]
- Captain Louis H. K. Hamilton, January, 1940[13] – September, 1940[14]
- Captain William G. Agnew, September, 1940[15] – November, 1943[16]
- Captain Harold F. Nalder, November, 1943[17] – December, 1943[18]
- Captain Geoffrey Barnard, December, 1943[19] – July, 1945[20]
- Captain Robert St. V. Sherbrooke, July, 1945[21] – 1946[22]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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