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Commissioned at Devonport on 3 September, 1935.{{NLJul37|p. 242}}  She went to work in the Mediterranean, bearing Rear-ADmiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet [[James Fownes Somerville|J. F. Somerville]].{{NLJul37|p. 242}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=15 October, 1935<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>|end=15 September, 1938<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=15 July, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 242}}|end=15 September, 1938<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=June, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=June, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Betham Schofield|nick=Brian B. Schofield|appt=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
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Revision as of 12:30, 15 June 2018

H.M.S. Galatea (1934)
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Laid down: 2 Jun, 1933[2]
Launched: 9 Aug, 1934[3]
Completed: 14 Aug, 1935[4]
Torpedoed: 14 Dec, 1941
Fate: by U 557

H.M.S. Galatea was one of four Arethusa Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 3 September, 1935.[5] She went to work in the Mediterranean, bearing Rear-ADmiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet J. F. Somerville.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 242.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 242.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 242.
  10. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Arethusa Class Light Cruiser
  Arethusa Aurora Galatea Penelope  
<– Leander Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Southampton Class –>


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