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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Shoreham''''' was one of eight [[Shoreham Class Sloop (1930)|''Shoreham'' Class sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Shoreham''''' was one of eight [[Shoreham Class Sloop (1930)|''Shoreham'' Class sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
Lieutenant-Commander [[Rodolph Cecil Drummond Haig|Rodolph C. D. Haig]] was appointed to ''Shoreham'' on 23 June, 1931, to assume command upon her commissioning.  Commander [[John Harding]] assumed command in 1932, but on 21 April, 1933, [[James Vandeleur Creagh]] was appointed in command, and would use ''Shoreham'' was the Royal Navy's new headquarters ship in the [[Persian Gulf]].
''Shoreham'' was re-commissioned at Bombay on 9 March, 1934.{{NLOct35|p. 275}}
She re-commissioned on 19 March, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 275}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Shoreham''" nat=UK>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Shoreham''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Rodolph Cecil Drummond Haig|nick=Rodolph C. D. Haig|appt=23 June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 269}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=1 September, 1931<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=22 October, 1931<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Arthur Startin|nick=Robert A. Startin|appt=|ass=14 October, 1931<ref>Startin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/105.|}} f. 107.</ref>|end=27 May, 1932<ref>Startin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/105.|}} f. 107.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Ross Maxwell Johnson|nick=Frederick R. M. Johnson|appt=27 October, 1931<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>|end=13 December, 1931<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/108.|}} f. 108.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Harding|nick=John Harding|appt=16 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 273}}|end=9 March, 1933<ref>Harding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/165.|}} f. 165.</ref>|note=remained in ship afterward a brief time, additional}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=21 April, 1933{{NLJul37|p. 275}}|end=|note=and S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=22 March, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 275}}|end=|note=and S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=22 March, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 275}}|end=|note=and S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=18 March, 1937<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|end=6 April, 1939<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|note=and S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=18 March, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 275}}<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|end=6 April, 1939<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/306.|D7605061}} f. 322.</ref>|note=and S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=|nick=|appt=24 February, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 240}}|ass=7 April, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 240}}|end=|note=and S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=17 April, 1938|end=30 July, 1938|note=and S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=24 February, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 240}}|ass=7 April, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 240}}|end=c. April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}|note=and S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Duppa Miller|nick=Francis D. Miller|appt=c. April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}|end=23 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gilbert Palmer Claridge|nick=Gilbert P. Claridge|appt=23 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}|end=December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Eric Hewitt|nick=Eric Hewitt|appt=December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}|end=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Leslie Mansfield Carter|nick=Leslie M. Carter|appt=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}|end=24 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Richard Joseph Tadhunter|nick=Richard J. Tadhunter|appt=24 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}|end=11 January, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|3888}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 12 October 2021

H.M.S. Shoreham (1930)
Pendant Number: L32 (before May 1940),
U32
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 22 Nov, 1930[2]
Sold: 1946[3]

H.M.S. Shoreham was one of eight Shoreham Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Lieutenant-Commander Rodolph C. D. Haig was appointed to Shoreham on 23 June, 1931, to assume command upon her commissioning. Commander John Harding assumed command in 1932, but on 21 April, 1933, James Vandeleur Creagh was appointed in command, and would use Shoreham was the Royal Navy's new headquarters ship in the Persian Gulf.

Shoreham was re-commissioned at Bombay on 9 March, 1934.[4]

She re-commissioned on 19 March, 1936.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  7. ↑ Hawkins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/153. f. 153.
  8. ↑ Hawkins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/153. f. 153.
  9. ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/105. f. 107.
  10. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/108. f. 108.
  11. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/108. f. 108.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 273.
  13. ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/165. f. 165.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 275.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 275.
  17. ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  18. ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/306. f. 322.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 240.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


Shoreham Class Sloop
  Bideford Fowey Rochester Shoreham  
  Dundee Falmouth Milford Weston  
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