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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Clydebank on 9 July, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 293}}  In mid-1931 she was bearing Commodore, First Class [[Leonard Stanley Holbrook]], Commanding H.M. Australian Squadron.
''Canberra'' was commissioned at Clydebank on 9 July, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 293}}  In mid-1931 she was bearing Commodore, First Class [[Leonard Stanley Holbrook]], Commanding H.M. Australian Squadron.


She re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 January, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 296}}
She re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 January, 1932.{{NLJul37|p. 296}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Farquhar-Smith|nick=Charles Farquhar-Smith|appt=29 May, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 296}}|end=June, 1933{{INF}}|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to Com1 Holbrook}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Farquhar-Smith|nick=Charles Farquhar-Smith|appt=29 May, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 296}}|end=June, 1933{{INF}}|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to Com1 Holbrook}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=1 June, 1933<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|end=21 August, 1934<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral [[Robin Campsie Dalglish|Dalglish]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Guy Berners Wilson|nick=Alexander G. B. Wilson|appt=20 April, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 295}}|end=|note=and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral [[Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole|Lane-Poole]]}}
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Revision as of 18:54, 17 July 2018

H.M.A.S. Canberra (1927)
Builder: John Brown & Company[1]
Laid down: 9 Sep, 1925[2]
Launched: 31 May, 1927[3]
Completed: 9 Jul, 1928[4]
Sunk: 9 Aug, 1942[5]

H.M.A.S. Canberra was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Australian Navy.

Service

Canberra was commissioned at Clydebank on 9 July, 1928.[6] In mid-1931 she was bearing Commodore, First Class Leonard Stanley Holbrook, Commanding H.M. Australian Squadron.

She re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 January, 1932.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 293.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 293.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 296.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 296.
  9. ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  10. ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 295.

Bibliography


Kent Class Heavy Cruiser
Royal Navy
Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Kent Suffolk
Royal Australian Navy
  Australia Canberra  
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