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==Service==
==Service==
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}}
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==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Hereward Edelsten|nick=John H. Edelsten|appt=April, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Hereward Edelsten|nick=John H. Edelsten|appt=15 April, 1935<ref>Edelsten Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/53/104.|}} f. 105.</ref>|end=12 October, 1935{{NavAppts|17 July 1935, p. 8}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Lindsay Jackson|nick=William L. Jackson|appt=3 September, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 242}}|end=15 October, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Lindsay Jackson|nick=William L. Jackson|appt=3 September, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 242}}|end=15 October, 1935<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/44.|}} f. 400.</ref>}}
{{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>}}
{{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>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=1 June, 1938<ref>Bellars Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/130.|}} f. 132.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=27 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=1 June, 1938<ref>Bellars Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/130.|}} f. 132.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=27 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Betham Schofield|nick=Brian B. Schofield|appt=27 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=1 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Betham Schofield|nick=Brian B. Schofield|appt=27 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=1 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward William Boyd Sim|nick=Edward W. B. Sim|appt=1 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=15 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward William Boyd Sim|nick=Edward W. B. Sim|appt=1 March, 1941<ref>Sim Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/202.|}} f. 202.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=15 December, 1941<ref>Sim Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/202.|}} f. 202.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
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Latest revision as of 14:26, 7 December 2021

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. ↑ Edelsten Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/53/104. f. 105.
  8. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 17 July 1935, p. 8.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 242.
  10. ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/44. f. 400.
  11. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  12. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  13. ↑ Bellars Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/130. f. 132.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. ↑ Sim Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/202. f. 202.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Sim Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/202. f. 202.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


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


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