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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
''Emerald'' was commissioned at Devonport on 4 September, 1928 for service with the {{UK-CS|4}} on the [[East Indies Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 236}}
 
''Emerald'' was commissioned at Devonport on 4 September, 1928 for service with the {{UK-CS|4}} on the [[East Indies Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 236}}
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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}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{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=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>}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=24 March, 1931{{NLJul31|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<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={{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>}}

Revision as of 17:11, 13 February 2018

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

Service

Emerald was commissioned at Devonport on 4 September, 1928 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on the East Indies Station.[6]

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.[7]

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. (February, 1929). p. 236.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 237.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 236.
  11. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  12. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  13. ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 236.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  17. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  18. ↑ Agar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/301. f. 656.
  19. ↑ Agar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/301. f. 656.
  20. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  21. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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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