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H.M.S. London (1927)
Builder:	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard^[1]
Laid down:	23 Feb, 1926^[2]
Launched:	14 Sep, 1927^[3]
Completed:	31 Jan, 1929^[4]
Broken up:	1950^[5]

H.M.S. London was one of four London Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

London was re-commissioned for trials on 1 January, 1929.^[6]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 February, 1929 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.^[7]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1931.^[8]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 April, 1934 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.^[9]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 20 January, 1937.^[10]

Captains

Captain Hugh H. Rogers, 2 July, 1928^[11] – 4 April, 1929
Captain Richard B. Davies, April, 1929^[12] – October, 1930^[13]
Captain Harold M. Burrough, 24 October, 1930^[14] – March, 1932^[15]
Captain Henry H. Harwood, 28 March, 1932^[16] – 17 April, 1934 (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer)
Captain Francis H. W. Goolden, 17 April, 1934^[17] – January, 1937^[18]
Captain Herbert Pott, 20 January, 1937^[19] – 10 January, 1939^[20] (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral First Cruiser Squadron)
Captain Reginald M. Servaes, 10 December, 1940^[21] – 19 December, 1942^[22]
Captain Richard V. Symonds-Tayler, 19 December, 1942^[23] – 19 February, 1943^[24]
Lieutenant-Commander Ronald K. Silcock, 19 February, 1943^[25] – 15 April, 1943^[26]
Captain Richard V. Symonds-Tayler, 15 April, 1943^[27] – 25 November, 1944^[28]
Captain Stuart L. Bateson, 25 November, 1944^[29] – 15 January, 1946^[30]
Captain George H. Oswald, January, 1946^[31] – May, 1947^[32]
Captain Charles T. Addis, May, 1947^[33] – February, 1949^[34]
Captain Peter G. L. Cazalet, February, 1949^[35] – 1949^[36]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 250-1.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 252.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 250.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 252.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 252.
↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ 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.

Bibliography

London Class Heavy Cruiser

Devonshire

London

Shropshire

Sussex

<–

Kent Class

Major Cruisers (UK)

York Class

–>

[1] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.

[6] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.

[7] The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 250-1.

[8] The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 252.

[10] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.

[11] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.

[12] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[13] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[14] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 250.

[15] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[16] The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.

[17] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 252.

[18] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[19] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 252.

[20] Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.

[21] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[22] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[23] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[24] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[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] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[32] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[33] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[34] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[35] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[36] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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