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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=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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Quintin Dick Graham|nick=Quintin D. Graham|appt=30 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}|end=14 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alex Colin Chapman|nick=Alex C. Chapman|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alex Colin Chapman|nick=Alex C. Chapman|appt=14 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}|end=17 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Dalrymple-Smith|nick=Hugh Dalrymple-Smith|appt=December, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Mark Taylor Collier|nick=Mark T. Collier|appt=17 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}|end=21 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Caspar Silas Balfour Swinley|nick=Caspar S. B. Swinley|appt=June, 1945{{MackieRNW}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{RearRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=21 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}|end=December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Mark Taylor Collier|nick=Mark T. Collier|appt=December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}|end=30 June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Forbes Robertson-Aikman|nick=Hugh F. Robertson-Aikman|appt=30 June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}|end=1 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Dalrymple-Smith|nick=Hugh Dalrymple-Smith|appt=1 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}|end=June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Caspar Silas Balfour Swinley|nick=Caspar S. B. Swinley|appt=June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4009}}}}
 
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Revision as of 10:05, 29 October 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. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  9. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. Uboat.net page on the ship.


Arethusa Class Light Cruiser
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