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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Neptune''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Neptune''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
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Completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 24 February, 1934.  By mid-1934, she was serving with the {{UK-CS|2}} of the [[Home Fleet]],{{NLJul34|p. 257}} remaining there until at least mid-1937.{{NLJul37|p. 257}}
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''Neptune'' sank after striking four mines in the Mediterranean.  Only one man survived in the end.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry R. Moore|appt=November, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Ruthven Moore|nick=Henry R. Moore|appt=24 November, 1933|end=December, 1935|precBy=New Command|note=remained afterward as a {{Com1RN}} serving as C.O.S. to Admiral Backhouse}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=December, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=14 December, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 256}}|end=19 July, 1937}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Anthony Vere Morse|nick=John A. V. Morse|appt=June, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Anthony Vere Morse|nick=John A. V. Morse|appt=20 July, 1937<ref>Morse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/122.|}} f. 123.</ref>|end=24 May, 1940<ref>Morse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/122.|}} f. 123.</ref>|note=vice Bedford}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rory Chambers O'Conor|nick=Rory C. O'Conor|appt=May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=19 December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rory Chambers O'Conor|nick=Rory C. O'Conor|appt=24 May, 1940<ref>O'Conor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/120.|}} f. 120.</ref>|end=19 December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vice Morse, killed when vessel lost}}
 
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:17, 9 July 2022

H.M.S. Neptune (1933)
Pendant Number: 20
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 24 Sep, 1931[2]
Launched: 31 Jan, 1933[3]
Completed: 23 Feb, 1934[4]
Sunk: 19 Dec, 1941

H.M.S. Neptune was one of five Leander Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 24 February, 1934. By mid-1934, she was serving with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet,[5] remaining there until at least mid-1937.[6]

Neptune sank after striking four mines in the Mediterranean. Only one man survived in the end.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 257.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 257.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 256.
  8. ↑ Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  9. ↑ Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  10. ↑ O'Conor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/120. f. 120.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Leander Class Light Cruiser
Achilles Ajax Leander Neptune Orion
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