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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Penelope''''' was one of four [[Arethusa Class Cruiser (1934)|''Arethusa'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Penelope''''' was one of four [[Arethusa Class Cruiser (1934)|''Arethusa'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
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As the new cruiser was nearing completion in June 1936, it was announced that Captain [[Gerard Walter Trevelyan Robertson]] would be first in her command.{{ToL|Command of the Penelope|10 June 1936, p. 11}}  However, he died in a motor vehicle accident on 12 August and so [[FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton]] was designated as their first captain.
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Commissioned on 12 November, 1936 for service with the {{UK-CS|3}} in the [[Mediterranean Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 262}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton|nick=FitzRoy E. P. Hutton|appt=25 August, 1936|end=25 August, 1939|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton|nick=FitzRoy E. P. Hutton|appt=25 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 262}}|end=25 August, 1939|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=25 August, 1939<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|end=12 September, 1940<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>|note=vice Hutton}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Dacres Nicholl|nick=Angus D. Nicholl|appt=April, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (emergency)|name=Alan Moir Harris|nick=Alan M. Harris|appt=12 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=21 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Devereux Belben|nick=George D. Belben|appt=August, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=18 February, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Thomas Warren Curtis|nick=William T. W. Curtis|appt=21 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=15 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Dacres Nicholl|nick=Angus D. Nicholl|appt=15 April, 1941<ref>Nicholl Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/82.|}} f. 82.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=15 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|note=vice Curtis, wounded by air attack}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John William Grant|nick=John W. Grant|appt=15 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=10 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Devereux Belben|nick=George D. Belben|appt=10 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=18 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 9 May 2022

H.M.S. Penelope (1935)
Builder: Harland & Wolff[1]
Laid down: 30 May, 1934[2]
Launched: 15 Oct, 1935[3]
Completed: 13 Nov, 1936[4]
Torpedoed: 18 Feb, 1944
Fate: by U 410

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

Construction & Service

As the new cruiser was nearing completion in June 1936, it was announced that Captain Gerard Walter Trevelyan Robertson would be first in her command.[5] However, he died in a motor vehicle accident on 12 August and so FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton was designated as their first captain.

Commissioned on 12 November, 1936 for service with the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet.[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. ↑ "Command of the Penelope." The Times (London, England), 10 June 1936, p. 11.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 262.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 262.
  8. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  9. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Nicholl Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/82. f. 82.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


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