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==Service==
 
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Commissioned at Chatham with a sepecial complement on 21 May, 1935 before completing to full complement on 12 June.{{NLJul37|p. 216}}
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Commissioned at Chatham with a sepecial complement on 21 May, 1935 before completing to full complement on 12 June.{{NLJul37|p. 216}} She became the flagship of the {{UK-CS|3}} in the Mediterranean.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William George Tennant|nick=William G. Tennant|appt=7 January, 1935|end=early 1937|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William George Tennant|nick=William G. Tennant|appt=7 January, 1935|end=early 1937|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Lyon}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip L. Vian|appt=26 March, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 216}}|end=June, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip L. Vian|appt=26 March, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 216}}|end=June, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Quintin Dick Graham|nick=Quintin D. Graham|appt=June, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Quintin Dick Graham|nick=Quintin D. Graham|appt=June, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}

Revision as of 09:39, 27 September 2018

H.M.S. Arethusa (1934)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 25 Jan, 1933[2]
Launched: 6 Mar, 1934[3]
Completed: 23 May, 1935[4]
Broken up: 1950
H.M.S. Arethusa was one of four Arethusa Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham with a sepecial complement on 21 May, 1935 before completing to full complement on 12 June.[5] She became the flagship of the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.

Captains

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. 216.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


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