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She commissioned at Devonport on 19 March, 1929 under the command of Flag Captain [[Henry Clive Rawlings]], who had seen her through her trials.{{NLJul31|p. 231}} | She commissioned at Devonport on 19 March, 1929 under the command of Flag Captain [[Henry Clive Rawlings]], who had seen her through her trials.{{NLJul31|p. 231}} | ||
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| + | Re-commissioned at Devonport on 14 October, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 231}} | ||
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| + | Commissioned at Plymouth on 2 February, 1934 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLOct35|p. 231}} | ||
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| + | Re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 November, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 230}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Devonshire''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Devonshire''" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=15 November, 1928<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|end=17 August, 1931<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|note=initially for trials, later as Flag Captain to Henley|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=15 November, 1928<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|end=17 August, 1931<ref>Rawlings Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|note=initially for trials, later as Flag Captain to Henley|precBy=New Command}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Balfour Le Mottée|nick=Douglas B. Le Mottée|appt=17 August, 1931|ass=17 August, 1931|end=March, 1933}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Balfour Le Mottée|nick=Douglas B. Le Mottée|appt=17 August, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 231}}|ass=17 August, 1931|end=March, 1933}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Fosbrooke Potter|nick=Leonard F. Potter|appt=3 February, 1933|ass=13 March, 1933|end=February, 1934{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Fosbrooke Potter|nick=Leonard F. Potter|appt=3 February, 1933|ass=13 March, 1933|end=February, 1934{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=2 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 231}}|end=January, 1936|note=and as Flag Captain from c. 1934}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=12 December, 1935|end=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=12 December, 1935|end=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould|nick=Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould|appt=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1939{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould|nick=Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould|appt=November, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 230}}|end=May, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=10 May, 1939|end=29 October, 1940}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Wheeler Bush|nick=Eric W. Bush|appt=1 May, 1939<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|end=c. 10 May, 1939<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|note=transferred out to {{UK-Norfolk}}}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Don Oliver|nick=Robert D. Oliver|appt=October, 1940{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=10 May, 1939|end=29 October, 1940<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/58.|}} f. 58.</ref>}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Don Oliver|nick=Robert D. Oliver|appt=29 October, 1940<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/58.|}} f. 58.</ref>|end=24 November, 1942<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=24 November, 1942<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|end=18 June, 1943<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=24 November, 1942<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|end=18 June, 1943<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=February, 1944{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles James Blake|nick=Charles J. Blake|appt=18 June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=13 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley|nick=Gerald M. B. Langley|appt=January, 1945{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Wilmot Sitwell|nick=Walter W. Sitwell|appt=13 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=13 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|note=temporary}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Curthoys Richards|nick=John C. Richards|appt=18 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=29 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=29 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=11 January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley|nick=Gerald M. B. Langley|appt=11 January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=1 January, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ronald Stewart Brown|nick=John R. S. Brown|appt=January, 1946{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1948{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ronald Stewart Brown|nick=John R. S. Brown|appt=January, 1946{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1948{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=St. John Cronyn|nick=St. John Cronyn|appt=May, 1948{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1949{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=St. John Cronyn|nick=St. John Cronyn|appt=May, 1948{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1949{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:03, 30 March 2022
| H.M.S. Devonshire (1927) | |
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| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 16 Mar, 1926[2] |
| Launched: | 22 Oct, 1927[3] |
| Commissioned: | 19 Mar, 1929[4] |
| Broken up: | 1954[5] |
H.M.S. Devonshire was one of four London Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s.
There was an earlier armoured cruiser named H.M.S. Devonshire that fought in the Great War.
Service
Devonshire commissioned for trials on 1 January, 1929.[6]
She commissioned at Devonport on 19 March, 1929 under the command of Flag Captain Henry Clive Rawlings, who had seen her through her trials.[7]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 14 October, 1931.[8]
Commissioned at Plymouth on 2 February, 1934 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[9]
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 November, 1936.[10]
Captains
- Captain Henry C. Rawlings, 15 November, 1928[11] – 17 August, 1931[12] (initially for trials, later as Flag Captain to Henley)
- Captain Douglas B. Le Mottée, 17 August, 1931[13] – March, 1933
- Captain Leonard F. Potter, 3 February, 1933 – February, 1934[14]
- Captain Herbert Fitzherbert, 2 February, 1934[15] – January, 1936 (and as Flag Captain from c. 1934)
- Captain George P. Thomson, 12 December, 1935 – November, 1936[16]
- Captain Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould, November, 1936[17] – May, 1939[18]
- Acting Captain Eric W. Bush, 1 May, 1939[19] – c. 10 May, 1939[20] (transferred out to Norfolk)
- Captain John M. Mansfield, 10 May, 1939 – 29 October, 1940[21]
- Captain Robert D. Oliver, 29 October, 1940[22] – 24 November, 1942[23]
- Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 24 November, 1942[24] – 18 June, 1943[25]
- Commander Charles J. Blake, 18 June, 1943[26] – 13 July, 1943[27]
- Commander Walter W. Sitwell, 13 July, 1943[28] – 13 September, 1943[29] (temporary)
- Commander John C. Richards, 18 September, 1943[30] – 29 February, 1944[31]
- Captain Donald K. Bain, 29 February, 1944[32] – 11 January, 1945[33]
- Captain Gerald M. B. Langley, 11 January, 1945[34] – 1 January, 1946[35]
- Captain John R. S. Brown, January, 1946[36] – May, 1948[37]
- Captain St. John Cronyn, May, 1948[38] – December, 1949[39]
- Captain Graham H. Stokes, December, 1949[40] – April, 1952[41]
- Captain William G. Crawford, April, 1952[42] – 1953[43]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 231.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 231.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/58. f. 58.
- ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/58. f. 58.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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