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|comp=23 Jan, 1928{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
 
|comp=23 Jan, 1928{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
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|comm=8 Dec, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 229}}
 
|fatedate=1959{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
 
|fatedate=1959{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
 
|order=
 
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|name=Cumberland
 
|name=Cumberland
 
|launch=16 Mar, 1926{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
 
|launch=16 Mar, 1926{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
|builder=[[Vickers-Armstrong]], Barrow{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
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|builder=[[Vickers-Armstrongs]], Barrow{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
 
|laid=18 Oct, 1924{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
 
|laid=18 Oct, 1924{{Conways1922|p. 26}}
 
|fate=Broken up
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Cumberland'' commissioned at Chatham on 8 December, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 229}}
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She completed to full complement at Chatham on 18 February, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 227}}
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She re-commissioned at Chatham on 13 May, 1936 for service on the [[China Station]] as part of the {{UK-CS|5}}, bearing Commander-in-Chief, China Station, Vice-Admiral Sir [[Charles James Colebrooke Little]].{{NLJul37|p.p 226, 227}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=c. 1927<ref>"Vice-Admiral A. L. Snagge" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 12 February, 1955. Issue 53164, col F, p. 8.</ref>|end=c. 1929<ref>"Vice-Admiral A. L. Snagge" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 12 February, 1955. Issue 53164, col F, p. 8.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=15 August, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 229}}|end=29 May, 1929|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leonard Fosbrooke Potter|nick=Leonard F. Potter|appt=April, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leonard Fosbrooke Potter|nick=Leonard F. Potter|appt=5 April, 1929|end=21 August, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=June, 1931{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=26 June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 228}}|ass=21 August, 1931|end=15 January, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=December, 1931<ref>Royal Navy. ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Nov 28, 1931; pg. 7; Issue 45992.</ref>|end=February, 1933<ref>Royal Navy. ''The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 18, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46421.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=9 December, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 227}}<ref>Royal Navy. ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Nov 28, 1931; pg. 7; Issue 45992.</ref>|ass=15 January, 1932<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>|end=February, 1933<ref>Royal Navy. ''The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 18, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46421.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Herbert Gordon Benson|nick=Cyril H. G. Benson|appt=February, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=1935{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Herbert Gordon Benson|nick=Cyril H. G. Benson|appt=22 February, 1933<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/318.|D7864012}} f. 83.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 227}}|end=18 February, 1935<ref>Benson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/318.|D7864012}} f. 83.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=January, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=18 February, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=1 July, 1935<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|note=followed by a major refit}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Catterall Leach|nick=John C. Leach|appt=May, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Catterall Leach|nick=John C. Leach|appt=4 May, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 226}}|end=November, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=February, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=The Hon. Guy H. E. Russell}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=15 February, 1939<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=29 February, 1940<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Herbrand Edward Russell|nick=The Hon. Guy H. E. Russell|appt=29 February, 1940<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=4 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop|nick=Alexander H. Maxwell-Hyslop|appt=4 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}|end=16 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Syme Denholm Armour|nick=Robert S. D. Armour|appt=16 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}|end=10 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Michael Grant Goodenough|nick=Michael G. Goodenough|appt=10 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}|end=13 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop|nick=Alexander H. Maxwell-Hyslop|appt=13 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}|end=16 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis John Butler|nick=Francis J. Butler|appt=16 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}|end=23 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Yorke La Roche Beverley|nick=William Y. La R. Beverley|appt=23 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}|end=10 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip King Enright|nick=Philip K. Enright|appt=10 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}|end=22 June, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|1175}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Frederick St. George Orpen|nick=Arthur F. St. G. Orpen|appt=1946{{MackieRNW}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Frederic Burghard|nick=Geoffrey F. Burghard|appt=April, 1951{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1952{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Ian Robertson|nick=James I. Robertson|appt=April, 1952{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1952{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Alexander Currie|nick=Robert A. Currie|appt=March, 1953{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1954{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Vallack Briggs|nick=Thomas V. Briggs|appt=April, 1954{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1955{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William John Lamb|nick=William J. Lamb|appt=April, 1955{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1956{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Geraint Trewby Padfield|nick=Herbert G. T. Padfield|appt=November, 1956{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1957{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
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Revision as of 14:12, 16 November 2019

H.M.S. Cumberland (1926)
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow[1]
Laid down: 18 Oct, 1924[2]
Launched: 16 Mar, 1926[3]
Completed: 23 Jan, 1928[4]
Commissioned: 8 Dec, 1927[5]
Broken up: 1959[6]
H.M.S. Cumberland was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Cumberland commissioned at Chatham on 8 December, 1927.[7]

She completed to full complement at Chatham on 18 February, 1930.[8]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 13 May, 1936 for service on the China Station as part of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron, bearing Commander-in-Chief, China Station, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles James Colebrooke Little.[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. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p.p 226, 227.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  13. Royal Navy. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 28, 1931; pg. 7; Issue 45992.
  14. Royal Navy. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 18, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46421.
  15. Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/318. f. 83.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 227.
  17. Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/318. f. 83.
  18. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  19. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
  23. Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
  24. Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
  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.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  42. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  43. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  44. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  45. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  46. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  47. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  48. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  49. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  50. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  51. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  52. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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