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Captain [[Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|Miles]] was appointed in command of the {{UK-Comus|f=t}} in August, 1929, and while acting as Captain (D) of the {{UK-DF|3}}, in command of "A" class destroyers {{UK-Codrington}}, ''Acasta'', and {{UK-Active}} in 1930 through 1932.  On 4 April, 1932, ''Active'' and ''Achates'' collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
Captain [[Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|Miles]] was appointed in command of the {{UK-Comus|f=t}} in August, 1929, and while acting as Captain (D) of the {{UK-DF|3}}, in command of "A" class destroyers {{UK-Codrington}}, ''Acasta'', and {{UK-Active}} in 1930 through 1932.  On 4 April, 1932, ''Active'' and ''Achates'' collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 July, 1935.{{NLJul37|p. 213}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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Revision as of 23:51, 9 March 2018

H.M.S. Acasta (1929)
Pendant Number: H09
Builder: John Brown
Laid down: 13 Aug, 1928
Launched: 8 Aug, 1929
Commissioned: 14 Feb, 1930[1]
Sunk: 8 Jun, 1940

H.M.S. Acasta was one of eleven "A" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captain Miles was appointed in command of the light cruiser Comus in August, 1929, and while acting as Captain (D) of the Third Destroyer Flotilla, in command of "A" class destroyers Codrington, Acasta, and Active in 1930 through 1932. On 4 April, 1932, Active and Achates collided and Their Lordships informed Miles that "he must be held very seriously to blame for a grave error of judgment."[2]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 July, 1935.[3]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 214.
  2. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 214.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.


"A" and "B" Class Destroyer
"A" Class Leader
  Codrington  
Destroyers
  Acasta Achates Active Antelope  
  Anthony Ardent Arrow Acheron  
Canadian Destroyers
  Saguenay Skeena  
"B" Class Leader
  Keith  
Destroyers
  Basilisk Beagle Blanche Boadicea  
  Boreas Brazen Brilliant Bulldog  
<– Modified "W" Class Destroyers (UK) "C" and "D" Class –>


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