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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned on 9 November, 1937.{{NLMay39|p. 259}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Aurora''" nat=UK>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Aurora''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Bensly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=1 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 216}}|end=24 July, 1937|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=24 July, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=9 November, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=9 November, 1937<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=20 April, 1938<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=9 November, 1937<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=20 April, 1938<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=20 April, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 259}}|end=22 January, 1940}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=22 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}|end=1 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gladstone Agnew|nick=William G. Agnew|appt=1 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}|end=11 November, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Fielding Nalder|nick=Harold F. Nalder|appt=11 November, 1943<ref>Nalder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/40.|}} f. 40.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}|end=6 December, 1943<ref>Nalder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/40.|}} f. 40.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Barnard|nick=Geoffrey Barnard|appt=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}|end=20 August, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke|nick=Robert St. V. Sherbrooke|appt=20 August, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}|end=May 1946{{UBAllyWarship|4008}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


Latest revision as of 15:47, 26 March 2022

H.M.S. Aurora (1936)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 23 Jul, 1935[2]
Launched: 20 Aug, 1936[3]
Completed: 12 Nov, 1937[4]
Transferred: 1948
Fate: to China

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

Service

Commissioned on 9 November, 1937.[5]

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. (May, 1939). p. 259.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
  7. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  8. ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  9. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  10. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 259.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. ↑ Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ 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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