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==Service==
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 213}}
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She commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 February, 1937.{{NLMay39|p. 253}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter Vaughan James|nick=Peter V. James|appt=20 October, 1930{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter Vaughan James|nick=Peter V. James|appt=20 October, 1930{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=1933|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Norris Sheffield|nick=Hugh N. Sheffield|appt=13 October, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 213}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest William Reep|nick=Ernest W. Reep|appt=5 October, 1935{{NavAppts|Thursday, October 3, 1935, Issue 47185, p.8}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Desmond Lisburn Curtis Craig|nick=Desmond L. C. Craig|appt=8 February, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Desmond Lisburn Curtis Craig|nick=Desmond L. C. Craig|appt=8 February, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph William Frank Northcott|nick=Ralph W. F. Northcott|appt=January, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 253}}|end=December, 1940{{UBAlly|1854}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Rees Wilson|nick=John R. Wilson|appt=December, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4342}}|end=17 December, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4342}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost to mine under his command}}
 
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Revision as of 11:52, 7 November 2019

H.M.S. Acheron (1929)
Pendant Number: H48
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company
Laid down: 20 Aug, 1928
Launched: 22 Aug, 1929
Commissioned: 14 Apr, 1930
Mined: 17 Dec, 1940
H.M.S. Acheron was one of eleven "A" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1932.[1]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 July, 1935.[2]

She commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 February, 1937.[3]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 213.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 213.
  3. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 253.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 213.
  6. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Thursday, October 3, 1935, Issue 47185, p.8.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
  8. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 253.
  9. Uboat.net page on the man.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"A" and "B" Class Destroyer
"A" Class Leader
  Codrington  
Destroyers
  Acasta Achates Active Antelope  
  Anthony Ardent Arrow Acheron  
Canadian Destroyers
  Saguenay Skeena  
"B" Class Leader
  Keith  
Destroyers
  Basilisk Beagle Blanche Boadicea  
  Boreas Brazen Brilliant Bulldog  
<– Modified "W" Class Destroyers (UK) "C" and "D" Class –>