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==Service==
 
==Service==
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Completed to full complement at Devonport on 2 February, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}
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Commissioned at Devonport on 15 April, 1930 for duty with the {{UK-CS|5}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul31|p. 218}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 October, 1932 for duty with the {{UK-CS|5}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 217}}
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Re-commissioned 30 October 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 218}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Berwick''" nat="UK">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Berwick''" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|end=7 October, 1928<ref>Successor assumed command that day.  Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=19 April, 1927<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/100.|}} f. 164.</ref>|end=7 October, 1928<ref>Successor assumed command that day.  Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=10 August, 1928<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=22 September, 1930<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|ass=7 October, 1928<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=10 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 218}}<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=22 September, 1930<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|ass=7 October, 1928<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles Gordon Brodie|end=September, 1931<ref>He was superseded that month.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=15 April, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 217}}|end=September, 1931<ref>He was superseded that month.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=September, 1931<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=July, 1932<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=September, 1931<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=July, 1932<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|end=November, 1934<ref>A would-be successor was to be appointed that day.  Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|appt=1 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 216}}|end=14 January, 1935}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eric Ritchie Bent|nick=Eric R. Bent|appt=November 1934<ref>Bent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 260.  Month of year taken from predecessor.</ref>|end=15 July, 1937<ref>Bent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 260.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eric Ritchie Bent|nick=Eric R. Bent|appt=31 October, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 217}}|end=15 July, 1937<ref>Bent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 260.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=October, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=17 October, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=22 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=22 June, 1940<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=22 June, 1940<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>|end=2 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Henry J. Egerton}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=2 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=19 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=19 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=14 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Jack Egerton|nick=Henry J. Egerton|appt=16 April, 1943|end=8 January, 1944}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Vere Grace|nick=Norman V. Grace|appt=January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=10 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss|nick=Stephen H. T. Arliss|appt=10 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=10 February, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
 
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Revision as of 16:27, 1 June 2019

H.M.S. Berwick (1926)
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Laid down: 15 Sep, 1924[2]
Launched: 30 Mar, 1926[3]
Completed: 15 Feb, 1928[4]
Broken up: 1948[5]
H.M.S. Berwick was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Completed to full complement at Devonport on 2 February, 1928.[6]

Commissioned at Devonport on 15 April, 1930 for duty with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[7]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 October, 1932 for duty with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[8]

Re-commissioned 30 October 1934.[9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 218.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 218.
  10. ↑ Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/100. f. 164.
  11. ↑ Successor assumed command that day. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 218.
  13. ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  14. ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 217.
  16. ↑ He was superseded that month. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  17. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  18. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 216.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 217.
  21. ↑ Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Kent Class Heavy Cruiser
Royal Navy
Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Kent Suffolk
Royal Australian Navy
  Australia Canberra  
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