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|comm=6 Mar, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 276}}
|fatedate=11 Jan, 1941
|fatedate=11 Jan, 1941
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|launch=10 Mar, 1936{{Conways1922|p. 31}}
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|fate=Bombed
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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned on 6 March, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 276}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Southampton''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Malcolm Peters|nick=Arthur M. Peters|appt=2 November, 1936|end=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Malcolm Peters|nick=Arthur M. Peters|appt=2 November, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 276}}|end=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis William Hugh Jeans|nick=Francis W. H. Jeans|appt=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis William Hugh Jeans|nick=Francis W. H. Jeans|appt=2 January, 1939<ref>Jeans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/4.|}} f. 4.</ref>|end=9 June, 1940<ref>Jeans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/4.|}} f. 4.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Basil Charles Barrington Brooke|nick=Basil C. B. Brooke|appt=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=11 January, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Basil Charles Barrington Brooke|nick=Basil C. B. Brooke|appt=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=11 January, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
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Latest revision as of 02:12, 10 November 2022

H.M.S. Southampton (1936)
Builder: John Brown & Company[1]
Laid down: 21 Nov, 1934[2]
Launched: 10 Mar, 1936[3]
Completed: 6 Mar, 1937[4]
Commissioned: 6 Mar, 1937[5]
Bombed: 11 Jan, 1941
Fate: scuttled

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

Service

Commissioned on 6 March, 1937.[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. 276.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 276.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 276.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Jeans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/4. f. 4.
  10. ↑ Jeans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/4. f. 4.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Southampton Class Light Cruiser
Birmingham Glasgow Newcastle Sheffield Southampton
<– Arethusa Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Gloucester Class –>


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