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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Bell Davies|nick=Richard B. Davies|appt=April, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Bell Davies|nick=Richard B. Davies|appt=April, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 18:38, 6 February 2018
H.M.S. London (1927) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 23 Feb, 1926[2] |
Launched: | 14 Sep, 1927[3] |
Completed: | 31 Jan, 1929[4] |
Broken up: | 1950[5] |
H.M.S. London was one of four London Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
London was re-commissioned for trials on 1 January, 1929.[6]
Captains
- Captain Hugh H. Rogers, 2 July, 1928[7] – 4 April, 1929
- Captain Richard B. Davies, April, 1929[8] – October, 1930[9]
- Captain Harold M. Burrough, October, 1930[10] – March, 1932[11]
- Captain Henry H. Harwood, 28 March, 1932 – 17 April, 1934
- Captain Francis H. W. Goolden, April, 1934[12] – January, 1937[13]
- Captain Herbert Pott, late 1936[14] – 10 January, 1939[15] (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral First Cruiser Squadron)
- Captain Reginald M. Servaes, December, 1941[16] – December, 1942[17]
- Captain Richard V. Symonds-Tayler, December, 1942[18] – December, 1944[19]
- Captain Stuart L. Bateson, December, 1944[20] – January, 1946[21]
- Captain George H. Oswald, January, 1946[22] – May, 1947[23]
- Captain Charles T. Addis, May, 1947[24] – February, 1949[25]
- Captain Peter G. L. Cazalet, February, 1949[26] – 1949[27]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
- ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
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