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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James Wolfe-Murray|appt=23 January, 1928<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={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James Wolfe-Murray|appt=23 January, 1928<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=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|end=16 November, 1931}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=20 June, 1931|end=16 November, 1931}} |
Revision as of 13:15, 11 August 2017
H.M.S. Kent (1926) | |
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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 Arthur L. Snagge, 8 June, 1929 – August, 1929 (and as Flag Captain to R/A Arthur K. Waistell)
- Captain Bertram H. Ramsay, 27 July, 1929 – 19 June, 1931
- Captain John H. Godfrey, 20 June, 1931 – 16 November, 1931
- Captain Geoffrey Layton, 16 November, 1931[8] – 13 January, 1932[9] (remained aboard as Chief of Staff, additional, as Commodore, Second Class)
- Captain Thomas B. Drew, 13 January, 1932 – 11 March, 1933
- Captain Algernon U. Willis, January, 1933[10] – 20 May, 1934[11]
- Captain Ion B. B. Tower, May, 1934[12] – January, 1937[13]
- Captain Leslie H. Ashmore, 7 April, 1938[14] – 12 September, 1939[15]
- Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 12 September, 1939[16] – 3 March, 1941[17] (temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick)
- Captain Angus E. M. B. C. Graham, May, 1941[18] – July, 1943[19]
- Captain Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins, July, 1943[20] – January, 1945[21]
- Captain Walter H. G. Fallowfield, 27 February, 1945[22] – 14 October, 1945[23]
- Captain Philip H. Calderon, 8 September, 1945 – 16 September, 1946
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.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
Bibliography
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