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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 214}}
 
Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 214}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport with a special three-fifths complement on 3 May, 1932 before coming to full complement on 5 July, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 214}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 December, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 214}}
  
 
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 June, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 214}}
 
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 June, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 214}}
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''Adventure'' sustained heavy damage when she struck a German destroyer-laid mine on the night of 12/13 November 1939.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=1 April, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 214}}|end=21 January, 1928{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=1 April, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 214}}|end=21 January, 1928{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Henry Dacres Cunningham|nick=John H. D. Cunningham|appt=21 January, 1928{{NLJan28|p. 214}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Henry Dacres Cunningham|nick=John H. D. Cunningham|appt=21 January, 1928{{NLJan28|p. 214}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Gordon Duke|nick=Robert G. Duke|appt=14 March, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Douglas Harry Dibben|nick=Arthur D. H. Dibben|appt=10 October, 1931<ref>Dibben Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/22.|}} f. 22.</ref>|end=18 April, 1932<ref>Dibben Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/22.|}} f. 22.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Victor Vincent Magrane|nick=James V. V. Magrane|appt=27 April, 1932<ref>Magrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 214}}|end=December, 1933<ref>Magrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Hope Gell|nick=William H. Gell|appt=28 December, 1933{{NLOct35|p. 214}}|end=c. 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Gordon Duke|nick=Robert G. Duke|appt=after 14 March, 1936<ref>Duke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/48.|}} f. 403.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=30 September, 1938<ref>Duke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/48.|}} f. 403.</ref>|note=vice Gell}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=1 April, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 254}}|end=late July, 1939{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robert Halfhide|nick=Arthur R. Halfhide|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|end=15 January, 1940<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Kelvin Whitmy-Smith|nick=George K. Whitmy-Smith|appt=|end=18 August, 1940<ref>Grace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/134.|}} f. 136.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Norman Vere Grace|nick=Norman V. Grace|appt=18 August, 1940<ref>Grace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/134.|}} f. 136.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=12 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|note=vice Whitmy-Smith}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ronald George Bowes-Lyon|nick=Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon|appt=12 August, 1942<ref>Bowes-Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|note=vice Grace}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=Charles Bettesworth Sanders|nick=Charles B. Sanders|appt=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=1 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=William Bagot Walker|nick=William B. Walker|appt=1 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=Charles Bettesworth Sanders|nick=Charles B. Sanders|appt=January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=20 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Alan MacGregor Sheffield|nick=Alan MacG. Sheffield|appt=20 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=5 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=George Alan Kenneth McCombe|nick=George A. K. McCombe|appt=5 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=7 January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=Alan Holt Davies|nick=Alan H. Davies|appt=7 January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=27 April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=27 April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 00:50, 26 April 2023

H.M.S. Adventure (1924)
Builder: Vickers
Laid down: 29 Nov, 1922
Launched: 18 Jun, 1924
Commissioned: 2 Oct, 1926
Sold: 1947

H.M.S. Adventure was a minelaying cruiser completed for the Royal Navy in 1926.

There was also a scout cruiser named Adventure launched in 1904.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1927.[1]

She re-commissioned at Devonport with a special three-fifths complement on 3 May, 1932 before coming to full complement on 5 July, 1932.[2]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 December, 1933.[3]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 June, 1936.[4]

Adventure sustained heavy damage when she struck a German destroyer-laid mine on the night of 12/13 November 1939.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 214.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 214.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 214.
  7. Dibben Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/22. f. 22.
  8. Dibben Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/22. f. 22.
  9. Magrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/324. f. 328.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
  11. Magrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/324. f. 328.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 214.
  13. Duke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/48. f. 403.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
  15. Duke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/48. f. 403.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 254.
  17. Halfhide Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/37. f. 37.
  18. Halfhide Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/37. f. 37.
  19. Grace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/134. f. 136.
  20. Grace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/134. f. 136.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. Bowes-Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/174. f. 174.
  24. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.

Bibliography


Minelayer H.M.S. Adventure