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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=April, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=April, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes|nick=Reginald M. Servaes|appt=December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes|nick=Reginald M. Servaes|appt=December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
Revision as of 15:11, 18 June 2018
| 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] |
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 20 January, 1937.[9]
Captains
- Captain Hugh H. Rogers, 2 July, 1928[10] – 4 April, 1929
- Captain Richard B. Davies, April, 1929[11] – October, 1930[12]
- Captain Harold M. Burrough, 24 October, 1930[13] – March, 1932[14]
- Captain Henry H. Harwood, 28 March, 1932[15] – 17 April, 1934 (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer)
- Captain Francis H. W. Goolden, April, 1934[16] – January, 1937[17]
- Captain Herbert Pott, 20 January, 1937[18] – 10 January, 1939[19] (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral First Cruiser Squadron)
- Captain Reginald M. Servaes, December, 1941[20] – December, 1942[21]
- Captain Richard V. Symonds-Tayler, December, 1942[22] – December, 1944[23]
- Captain Stuart L. Bateson, December, 1944[24] – January, 1946[25]
- Captain George H. Oswald, January, 1946[26] – May, 1947[27]
- Captain Charles T. Addis, May, 1947[28] – February, 1949[29]
- Captain Peter G. L. Cazalet, February, 1949[30] – 1949[31]
See Also
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, 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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 252.
- ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
- ↑ 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.
Bibliography
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