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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Edward Heaton|nick=Hugh E. Heaton|appt=July, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 259}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Edward Heaton|nick=Hugh E. Heaton|appt=July, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 259}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gaspard Patrick Hunter-Blair|nick=Gaspard P. Hunter-Blair|appt=7 May, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 260}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gaspard Patrick Hunter-Blair|nick=Gaspard P. Hunter-Blair|appt=7 May, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 260}}|ass=12 July, 1929<ref>Hunter-Blair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/41.|}} f. 41.</ref>|end=September, 1931<ref>Hunter-Blair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/41.|}} f. 41.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Ransome|nick=Godfrey Ransome|appt=14 August, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 261}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Ransome|nick=Godfrey Ransome|appt=14 August, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 261}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick William George Harker|nick=Frederick W. G. Harker|appt=8 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 262}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick William George Harker|nick=Frederick W. G. Harker|appt=8 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 262}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''A I''' ''Fr.'')|name=Hugh Nicholas Aubyn Richardson|nick=Hugh N. A. Richardson|appt=6 May, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 263}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''A I''', ''Fr.'')|name=Hugh Nicholas Aubyn Richardson|nick=Hugh N. A. Richardson|appt=6 May, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 263}}|end=}} | ||
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Revision as of 15:52, 16 September 2021
| H.M.S. Peterel (1927) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company |
| Launched: | 18 Jul, 1927 |
| Sunk: | 8 Dec, 1941 |
H.M.S. Peterel was a river gunboat built for service in the Royal Navy in the 1920s.
There was an earlier ship of the same name, the destroyer Peterel, launched in 1899.
Service
Peterel spent her career on the China Station, primarily plying the Yangtse River.
She commissioned at Hong Kong on 30 November, 1927.[1]
Peterel was lost to Japanese forces in close combat on 8 December, 1941 as she tried to stall for time to destroy secret materials. Lacking breech blocks for her 3-in guns, she fought back with small arms before sinking.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh E. Heaton, July, 1928[2]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gaspard P. Hunter-Blair, 7 May, 1929[3] – September, 1931[4]
- Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey Ransome, 14 August, 1931[5]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick W. G. Harker, 8 February, 1934[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander (A I, Fr.) Hugh N. A. Richardson, 6 May, 1936[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 263.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 259.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 260.
- ↑ Hunter-Blair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/41. f. 41.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 261.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 263.
Bibliography
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