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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
Commissioned at Chatham on 24 March, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 267}}
 
Commissioned at Chatham on 24 March, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 267}}
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Re-commissioned on 12 June, 1934 for service on the Africa Station.{{NLOct35|p. 268}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Gr''''')|name=|nick=|appt=2 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 267}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''Gr.'')|name=James Francis Paget|nick=James F. Paget|appt=2 February, 1932{{NavAppts|Tuesday, January 19, 1932, Issue 46034, p.7}}{{NLJan33|p. 267}}|end=22 June, 1933|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hilary Dorsett Owen|nick=Hilary D. Owen|appt=22 June, 1933|end=5 September, 1935}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Heathcote Powys Maurice|nick=Frank H. P. Maurice|appt=5 September, 1935|end=26 January, 1937}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick William Growse|nick=Frederick W. Growse|appt=17 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 268}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fisher Renwick|nick=George F. Renwick|appt=20 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=16 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Conway Benning Allen|nick=Conway B. Allen|appt=16 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Valentine King|nick=Hugh V. King|appt=October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=John Hilton Divitte Northcote|nick=John H. D. Northcote|appt=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=15 May, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Valentine Waterhouse|nick=John V. Waterhouse|appt=15 May, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNVR}}|name=William Alick Grinham|nick=William A. Grinham|appt=June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=late 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=John Hilton Divitte Northcote|nick=John H. D. Northcote|appt=late 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=5 March, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Felix Edward Chevallier|nick=Felix E. Chevallier|appt=5 March, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=27 October, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
 
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Revision as of 14:29, 2 July 2019

H.M.S. Rochester (1931)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 16 Jul, 1931[2]
Commissioned: 24 Mar, 1932[3]
Broken up: 1951[4]
H.M.S. Rochester was one of eight Shoreham Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 24 March, 1932.[5]

Re-commissioned on 12 June, 1934 for service on the Africa Station.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 267.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 267.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 268.
  7. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, January 19, 1932, Issue 46034, p.7.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 267.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 268.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.


Shoreham Class Sloop
  Bideford Fowey Rochester Shoreham  
  Dundee Falmouth Milford Weston