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==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Rodney Garside|nick=Frederick R. Garside|appt=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Rodney Garside|nick=Frederick R. Garside|appt=3 January, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1233}}<ref>"Obituaries."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jul 19, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48672.</ref>|end=8 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1233}}|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain, killed when in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=July, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=22 May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Reginald Percy Tanner|nick=Reginald P. Tanner|appt=8 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1233}}|end=16 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1233}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=16 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1233}}|end=22 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1233}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}}
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Latest revision as of 12:17, 13 July 2018

H.M.S. Gloucester (1937)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 22 Sep, 1936[2]
Launched: 19 Oct, 1937[3]
Completed: 31 Jan, 1939[4]
Sunk: 22 May, 1941[5]

H.M.S. Gloucester was one of three Gloucester Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  6. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  7. "Obituaries." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 19, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48672.
  8. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.


Gloucester Class Light Cruiser
  Gloucester Liverpool Manchester  
<– Southampton Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Edinburgh Class –>