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==Service==
==Service==
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 213}}
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.{{NLJul34|p. 213}}


She commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 February, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 213}}
She commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 February, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 213}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Norris Sheffield|nick=Hugh N. Sheffield|appt=13 October, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 213}}|end=}}
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Revision as of 12:47, 24 April 2018

H.M.S. Acheron (1929)
Pendant Number: H48
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company
Laid down: 20 Aug, 1928
Launched: 22 Aug, 1929
Commissioned: 14 Apr, 1930
Mined: 17 Dec, 1940

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

Service

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.[1]

She commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 February, 1937.[2]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 213.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 213.
  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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