H.M.S. Kent (1926)
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H.M.S. Kent (1926) | |
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Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 15 Nov, 1924[2] |
Launched: | 16 Mar, 1926[3] |
Completed: | 22 Jun, 1928[4] |
Broken up: | 1948[5] |
Service
Ready for trials in April 1928, Kent was to proceed to Portsmouth on April 19, expected to arrive on 1 May.[6]
She was commissioned at Chatham on 25 June, 1928,[7] Kent went out to the China Station to relieve Hawkins as flagship.[8]
In mid-1931 she was still with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station,[9] but she returned to Chatham for a refit in 1931, replaced as flagship by H.M.S. Suffolk. She re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 July, 1931 to return to China.[10]
She re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 May, 1934.[11]
Paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 30 January, 1937.[12]
Captains
- Captain James Wolfe-Murray, 23 January, 1928[13][14] – June, 1929[15] (and as Flag Captain to R/A Tyrwhitt and then to Arthur K. Waistell)
- Captain Arthur L. Snagge, 8 June, 1929 – August, 1929 (and as Flag Captain to R/A Arthur K. Waistell)
- Captain Bertram H. Ramsay, 27 July, 1929 – 19 June, 1931
- Captain John H. Godfrey, 20 June, 1931[16] – 16 November, 1931
- Captain Geoffrey Layton, 16 November, 1931[17] – 13 January, 1932[18] (remained aboard as Chief of Staff, additional, as Commodore, Second Class)
- Captain Thomas B. Drew, 13 January, 1932[19] – 11 March, 1933
- Captain Algernon U. Willis, January, 1933[20] – 20 May, 1934[21]
- Captain Ion B. B. Tower, 20 May, 1934[22] – 14 January, 1937 (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Thomas A. C. Pakenham, 18 December, 1936 – 1937[23]
- Captain Leslie H. Ashmore, 7 April, 1938[24] – 12 September, 1939[25]
- Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 12 September, 1939[26] – 3 March, 1941[27] (temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick)
- Commander John H. Venville, 24 February, 1941 – 15 May, 1941
- Captain Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame-Graham, 15 May, 1941 – 9 July, 1943
- Captain Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins, 9 July, 1943 – 22 December, 1944
- Captain Douglas C. Lang, – 27 February, 1945
- Captain Walter H. G. Fallowfield, 27 February, 1945[28] – 14 October, 1945[29]
- Captain Philip H. Calderon, 8 September, 1945 – 16 September, 1946
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, And Air Force." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 05, 1928; pg. 17; Issue 44860.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 249.
- ↑ "Naval And Military." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 17, 1928; pg. 19; Issue 44792.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). pp. 248-9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 250.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 248.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 249.
- ↑ Date not legible in Service Record preview.
- ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
- ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
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