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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=15 November, 1928<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|end=17 August, 1931<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|note=initially for trials, later as Flag Captain to Henley|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=15 November, 1928<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|end=17 August, 1931<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|note=initially for trials, later as Flag Captain to Henley|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Balfour Le Mottée|nick=Douglas B. Le Mottée|appt=17 August, 1931|ass=17 August, 1931|end=March, 1933}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Balfour Le Mottée|nick=Douglas B. Le Mottée|appt=17 August, 1931|ass=17 August, 1931|end=March, 1933}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Fosbrooke Potter|nick=Leonard F. Potter|appt=February, 1933 | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Fosbrooke Potter|nick=Leonard F. Potter|appt=3 February, 1933|ass=13 March, 1933|end=February, 1934{{MackieRNW}}}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=1 January, 1934|end=January, 1936|note=and as Flag Captain from c. 1934}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=1 January, 1934|end=January, 1936|note=and as Flag Captain from c. 1934}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=12 December, 1935|end=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=12 December, 1935|end=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Devonshire (1927) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 16 Mar, 1926[2] |
| Launched: | 22 Oct, 1927[3] |
| Completed: | 18 Mar, 1929[4] |
| Broken up: | 1954[5] |
H.M.S. Devonshire was one of four London Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s.
There was an earlier armoured cruiser named H.M.S. Devonshire that fought in the Great War.
Service
Captains
- Captain Henry C. Rawlings, 15 November, 1928[6] – 17 August, 1931[7] (initially for trials, later as Flag Captain to Henley)
- Captain Douglas B. Le Mottée, 17 August, 1931 – March, 1933
- Captain Leonard F. Potter, 3 February, 1933 – February, 1934[8]
- Captain Herbert Fitzherbert, 1 January, 1934 – January, 1936 (and as Flag Captain from c. 1934)
- Captain George P. Thomson, 12 December, 1935 – November, 1936[9]
- Captain Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould, November, 1936[10] – May, 1939[11]
- Captain Robert D. Oliver, October, 1940[12] – 24 November, 1942[13]
- Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 24 November, 1942[14] – 18 June, 1943[15]
- Captain Donald K. Bain, February, 1944[16] – January, 1945[17]
- Captain Gerald M. B. Langley, January, 1945[18] – January, 1946[19]
- Captain John R. S. Brown, January, 1946[20] – May, 1948[21]
- Captain St. John Cronyn, May, 1948[22] – December, 1949[23]
- Captain Graham H. Stokes, December, 1949[24] – April, 1952[25]
- Captain William G. Crawford, April, 1952[26] – 1953[27]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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