H.M.S. Galatea (1934)

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H.M.S. Galatea (1934)
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Laid down: 2 Jun, 1933[2]
Launched: 9 Aug, 1934[3]
Completed: 14 Aug, 1935[4]
Torpedoed: 14 Dec, 1941
Fate: by U 557

H.M.S. Galatea was one of four Arethusa Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 3 September, 1935.[5] She went to work in the Mediterranean, bearing Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet J. F. Somerville.[6]

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 242.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 242.
  7. Edelsten Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/53/104. f. 105.
  8. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 17 July 1935, p. 8.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 242.
  10. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/44. f. 400.
  11. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  12. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  13. Bellars Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/130. f. 132.
  14. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. Sim Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/202. f. 202.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Sim Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/202. f. 202.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.


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