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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Gloucester''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Gloucester''" nat=UK> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Rodney Garside|nick=Frederick R. Garside|appt=January, 1939 | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Rodney Garside|nick=Frederick R. Garside|appt=January, 1939<ref>"Obituaries." ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jul 19, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48672.</ref>|end=7 July, 1940|precBy=New Command|note=aand as Flag Captain, killed when in command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=July, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=22 May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=July, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=22 May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> |
Revision as of 15:31, 11 April 2018
H.M.S. Gloucester (1937) | |
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Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 22 Sep, 1936[2] |
Launched: | 19 Oct, 1937[3] |
Completed: | 31 Jan, 1939[4] |
Sunk: | 22 May, 1941[5] |
H.M.S. Gloucester was one of three Gloucester Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Captains
- Captain Frederick R. Garside, January, 1939[6] – 7 July, 1940 (aand as Flag Captain, killed when in command)
- Captain Henry A. Rowley, July, 1940[7] – 22 May, 1941[8] (killed when ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
- ↑ "Obituaries." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 19, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48672.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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