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+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Stopford|nick=The Hon. Arthur Stopford|appt=February, 1923{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1925{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=July, 1925{MackieRNW}}|end=1927{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ralph Elliot|nick=Ralph Elliot|appt=1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1927{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=December, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1929{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=James D. Campbell|appt=January, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=January, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=August, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=1937{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Fitzroy Evelyn Patrick Hutton|nick=Fitzroy E. P. Hutton|appt=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Francis John Onslow|nick=Richard F. J. Onslow|appt=May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship sank}} | ||
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H.M.S. Hermes (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | 95 (Jun 1920)[1] |
Builder: | Armstrong[2] |
Laid down: | 15 Jan, 1918[3] |
Launched: | 11 Sep, 1919[4] |
Commissioned: | Feb, 1924[5] |
Sunk: | 9 Apr, 1942[6] |
Fate: | Air Attack |
H.M.S. Hermes was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1924, being the first ship designed from the outset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.
Service
The ship succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain The Hon. Arthur Stopford, February, 1923[7] – July, 1925[8]
- Captain Cecil P. Talbot, July, 1925{MackieRNW|end=1927[9]}}
- Captain Ralph Elliot, 1927[10] – December, 1927[11]
- Captain Geoffrey Hopwood, December, 1927[12] – January, 1929[13]
- Captain James D. Campbell, January, 1929[14] – October, 1930[15]
- Captain Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, October, 1930[16] – December, 1931[17]
- Captain William B. Mackenzie, January, 1932[18] – September, 1933[19]
- Captain The Hon. George Fraser, August, 1934[20] – 1937[21]
- Captain Fitzroy E. P. Hutton, August, 1939[22] – May, 1940[23]
- Captain Richard F. J. Onslow, May, 1940[24] – April, 1942[25] (killed when ship sank)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 53.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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