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|launch=19 May, 1920{{Conways1906|p. 64}}
|launch=19 May, 1920{{Conways1906|p. 64}}
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|builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 64}}
|laid=23 Sep, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 64}}
|laid=23 Sep, 1918{{Conways1906|p. 64}}
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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Chatham on 15 January, 1926.  In mid-1927, she was supposed to be part of the {{UK-CS|4}} on the [[East Indies Station]], but was temporarily attached to the [[China Station]].{{NLJul27|p. 236}}
''Emerald'' was again commissioned at Devonport on 4 September, 1928, and this time was indeed attached to the {{UK-CS|4}} on the [[East Indies Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 236}}
She was commissioned at Devonport 24 March, 1931 for service with the {{UK-CS|4}} on the [[East Indies Station]] under the command of Captain [[John Wittewronge Clayton]].{{NLJul31|p. 237}}
Paid off on 15 July, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 238}}
Re-commissioned for service with the {{UK-CS|4}} on the [[East Indies Station]] on 22 April, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 236}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Emerald''">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Emerald''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=October, 1925{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1926{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=October, 1925|end=26 April, 1926|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Turnour England|nick=Hugh T. England|appt=March, 1926{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1927<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/69.|D7576657}} ff. 36, 216.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Turnour England|nick=Hugh T. England|appt=March, 1926{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1927<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/69.|D7576657}} ff. 36, 216.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=April, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=23 February, 1929<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=24 February, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 236}}|end=23 February, 1929<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Percy Boxer|nick=Henry P. Boxer|appt=23 February, 1929<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>|end=24 March, 1931<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Percy Boxer|nick=Henry P. Boxer|appt=23 February, 1929<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>|end=24 March, 1931<ref>Boxer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=24 March, 1931{{MackieRNW}}<ref>Day of month from Boxer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83|}} f. 214.</ref>|end=1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=24 March, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 236}}|end=1933{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=11 June, 1934<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=15 January, 1937<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Wing Commander [[Frank Forester Rose|Rose]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=11 June, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 238}}<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=15 January, 1937<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Wing Commander [[Frank Forester Rose|Rose]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Augustine Willington Shelton Agar|nick=Augustine W. S. Agar|appt=15 January, 1937<ref>Agar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/301.|D7576725}} f. 656.</ref>|end=1 June, 1940<ref>Agar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/301.|D7576725}} f. 656.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Tom Oliver Bulteel|nick=Tom O. Bulteel|appt=20 May, 1936<ref> Bulteel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/9.|}} f. 9.</ref>|end=1 January, 1937<ref> Bulteel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/9.|}} f. 9.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=1 July, 1939<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|end=28 February, 1940<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Augustus Willington Shelton Agar|nick=Augustus W. S. Agar|appt=15 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 236}}<ref>Agar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/301.|D7576725}} f. 656.</ref>|end=1 June, 1940<ref>Agar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/301.|D7576725}} f. 656.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Cyril Flynn|nick=Francis C. Flynn|appt=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Cyril Flynn|nick=Francis C. Flynn|appt=18 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}|end=25 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis James Wylie|nick=Francis J. Wylie|appt=March, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=1 July, 1939<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|end=28 February, 1940<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|note=this seems dubious}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Graham Stewart|nick=Richard G. Stewart|appt=25 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}|end=3 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Frederick Denman|nick=John F. Denman|appt=3 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}|end=13 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis James Wylie|nick=Francis J. Wylie|appt=13 March, 1943<ref>Wylie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/3.|}} f. 3.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}|end=28 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Frederick Denman|nick=John F. Denman|appt=28 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}|end=5 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Robin Wynell Mayow Lloyd|nick=Robin W. M. Lloyd|appt=5 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}|end=9 March, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Wilfrid Pearse Gandell|nick=Wilfrid P. Gandell|appt=9 March, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1214}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


There is clearly a disagreement between Agar and Fegen.
There is clearly a disagreement between Agar and Fegen.  Flynn's service record says he served vice Agar.


==Armament==
==Armament==
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 21:16, 7 February 2024

H.M.S. Emerald (1920)
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company[1]
Laid down: 23 Sep, 1918[2]
Launched: 19 May, 1920[3]
Commissioned: Jan, 1926[4]
Sold: Jun, 1948[5]

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 15 January, 1926. In mid-1927, she was supposed to be part of the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station, but was temporarily attached to the China Station.[6]

Emerald was again commissioned at Devonport on 4 September, 1928, and this time was indeed attached to the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station.[7]

She was commissioned at Devonport 24 March, 1931 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station under the command of Captain John Wittewronge Clayton.[8]

Paid off on 15 July, 1933.[9]

Re-commissioned for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station on 22 April, 1937.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

There is clearly a disagreement between Agar and Fegen. Flynn's service record says he served vice Agar.

Armament

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 236.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 236.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 237.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 238.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 236.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 236.
  14. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  15. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  16. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 236.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 238.
  20. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  21. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  22. ↑ Bulteel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/9. f. 9.
  23. ↑ Bulteel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/9. f. 9.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 236.
  25. ↑ Agar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/301. f. 656.
  26. ↑ Agar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/301. f. 656.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  30. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Wylie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/3. f. 3.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.


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