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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Lindsay Jackson|nick=William L. Jackson|appt=3 September, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 242}}|end=15 October, 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Lindsay Jackson|nick=William L. Jackson|appt=3 September, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 242}}|end=15 October, 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=15 October, 1935<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>|end=15 September, 1938<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=15 October, 1935<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>|end=15 September, 1938<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=1 June, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=27 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Gerald Hyslop Bellars|nick=Edward G. H. Bellars|appt=1 June, 1938<ref>Bellars Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/130.|}} f. 132.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=27 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Betham Schofield|nick=Brian B. Schofield|appt=27 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=1 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Betham Schofield|nick=Brian B. Schofield|appt=27 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=1 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward William Boyd Sim|nick=Edward W. B. Sim|appt=1 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=15 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward William Boyd Sim|nick=Edward W. B. Sim|appt=1 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|end=15 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4006}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}

Revision as of 18:52, 5 March 2021

H.M.S. Galatea (1934)
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Laid down: 2 Jun, 1933[2]
Launched: 9 Aug, 1934[3]
Completed: 14 Aug, 1935[4]
Torpedoed: 14 Dec, 1941
Fate: by U 557
H.M.S. Galatea was one of four Arethusa Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 3 September, 1935.[5] She went to work in the Mediterranean, bearing Rear-ADmiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Mediterranean Fleet J. F. Somerville.[6]

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. 242.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 242.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 242.
  10. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  11. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  12. Bellars Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/130. f. 132.
  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.


Arethusa Class Light Cruiser
  Arethusa Aurora Galatea Penelope  
<– Leander Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Southampton Class –>