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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Harwood Harwood|nick=Henry H. Harwood|appt=28 March, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 251}}|end=17 April, 1934|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=April, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=April, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=late 1936<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|end=10 January, 1939<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral {{UK-CS|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=20 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 252}}|end=10 January, 1939<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral {{UK-CS|1}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes|nick=Reginald M. Servaes|appt=December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes|nick=Reginald M. Servaes|appt=December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}

Revision as of 19:11, 18 June 2018

H.M.S. London (1927)
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]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 February, 1929 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[7]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1931.[8]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 20 January, 1937.[9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 250-1.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 250.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 252.
  19. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  28. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


London Class Heavy Cruiser
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