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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Bell Davies|nick=Richard B. Davies|appt=1 January, 1933<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=September, 1935{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Bell Davies|nick=Richard B. Davies|appt=1 January, 1933<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=September, 1935{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Clarmont Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=September, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=1936{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Clarmont Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=September, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=1936{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Otway Alexander|nick=Charles O. Alexander|appt=August, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Otway Alexander|nick=Charles O. Alexander|appt=August, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ford Hammill|nick=Charles F. Hammill|appt=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=20 November, 1940}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ford Hammill|nick=Charles F. Hammill|appt=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=20 November, 1940}} |
Revision as of 08:01, 12 June 2018
H.M.S. Cornwall (1926) | |
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Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 9 Oct, 1924[2] |
Launched: | 11 Mar, 1926[3] |
Completed: | 23 Jan, 1928[4] |
Sunk: | 5 May, 1942[5] |
Service
She completed her construction at Devonport Dockyard, first under the oversight of the rather sinisterly-named Commander Robert Holmes De'ath[6] until mid-1927 when Captain The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower arrived. He would commission her in the coming January.
Cornwall was completed to full complement at Devonport on 3 May, 1928.[7]
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 February, 1931.[8]
She was taken into Dockyard Control at The Nore on 1 September 1936.[9]
Captains
- Captain The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower, 11 July, 1927[10][11] – June, 1929[12]
- Captain Arthur N. Dowding, June, 1929[13] – March, 1931[14]
- Captain George H. Knowles, 2 March, 1931[15][16] – 1 January, 1933[17]
- Captain Richard B. Davies, 1 January, 1933[18] – September, 1935[19]
- Captain Henry C. Phillips, September, 1935[20] – 1936[21]
- Commander Alan K. Scott-Moncrieff, 3 June, 1937[22] – August, 1937[Inference]
- Captain Charles O. Alexander, August, 1937[23] – January, 1939[24]
- Captain Charles F. Hammill, January, 1939[25] – 20 November, 1940
- Captain Percival C. W. Manwaring, 20 November, 1940 – 7 June, 1942 (ship lost under his command)
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 224.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
- ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
- ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 224.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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