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==Service==
 
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Completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 24 February, 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 257}}
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''Neptune'' sank after striking four mines in the Mediterranean.  Only one man survived in the end.
 
''Neptune'' sank after striking four mines in the Mediterranean.  Only one man survived in the end.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry R. Moore|appt=November, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry R. Moore|appt=24 November, 1933|end=December, 1935|precBy=New Command|note=remained afterward as a {{Com1RN}} serving as C.O.S. to Admiral Backhouse}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=December, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=19 July, 1937}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=14 December, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 256}}|end=19 July, 1937}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Anthony Vere Morse|nick=John A. V. Morse|appt=19 July, 1937|end=24 May, 1940}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Anthony Vere Morse|nick=John A. V. Morse|appt=19 July, 1937|end=24 May, 1940}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rory Chambers O'Conor|nick=Rory C. O'Conor|appt=May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=19 December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rory Chambers O'Conor|nick=Rory C. O'Conor|appt=May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=19 December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost}}

Revision as of 20:52, 18 June 2018

H.M.S. Neptune (1933)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 24 Sep, 1931[2]
Launched: 31 Jan, 1933[3]
Completed: 23 Feb, 1934[4]
Sunk: 19 Dec, 1941

H.M.S. Neptune was one of five Leander Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 24 February, 1934.[5]

Neptune sank after striking four mines in the Mediterranean. Only one man survived in the end.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 257.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 256.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Leander Class Light Cruiser
Achilles Ajax Leander Neptune Orion
<– Emerald Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Arethusa Class –>