H.M.S. Kent (1926): Difference between revisions

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H.M.S. Kent was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

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, 20 May, 1934 – 14 January, 1937 (and as Flag Captain)
Captain Leslie H. Ashmore, 7 April, 1938^[12] – 12 September, 1939^[13]
Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 12 September, 1939^[14] – 3 March, 1941^[15] (temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick)
Captain Angus E. M. B. C. Graham, May, 1941^[16] – July, 1943^[17]
Captain Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins, July, 1943^[18] – January, 1945^[19]
Captain Walter H. G. Fallowfield, 27 February, 1945^[20] – 14 October, 1945^[21]
Captain Philip H. Calderon, 8 September, 1945 – 16 September, 1946

Kent Class Heavy Cruiser

Royal Navy

Berwick

Royal Australian Navy

Australia

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Major Cruisers (UK)

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 {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Usborne Willis|nick=Algernon U. Willis|appt=January, 1933<ref>Willis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>|ass=11 February, 1933<ref>Willis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>|end=20 May, 1934<ref>Willis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>}}
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+{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower|nick=Ion B. B. Tower|appt=20 May, 1934|end=14 January, 1937|note=and as Flag Captain}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Ashmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>|end=12 September, 1939<ref>Ashmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>}}
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