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==Service==
 
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She completed her construction at Devonport Dockyard, first under the oversight of the rather sinisterly-named Commander [[Robert Holmes De'ath]]{{NLJul27|p. 227}} until mid-1927 when Captain The Hon. [[William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|William S. Leveson-Gower]] arrived.  He would commission her in the coming January.
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''Cornwall'' was completed to full complement at Devonport on 3 May, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 227}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 February, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 225}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 December, 1933 for service with the {{UK-CS|5}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul34|p. 225}}
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She was taken into Dockyard Control at The Nore on 1 September 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 224}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|nick=The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower|appt=11 July, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 227}}<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>|end=June, 1929<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Ninian Dowding|nick=Arthur N. Dowding|appt=June, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=2 March, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 225}}<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=1 January, 1933<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Bell Davies|nick=Richard B. Davies|appt=1 January, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 224}}<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=September, 1935{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Clarmont Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=September, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=c. late July, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Bradshaw Wilmot-Sitwell|nick=Robert B. Wilmot-Sitwell|appt=c. late July, 1936<ref>Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>|end=18 January, 1937<ref>Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>|note=temporary, upon reducing}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff|nick=Alan K. Scott-Moncrieff|appt=3 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 224}}|end=August, 1937{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Otway Alexander|nick=Charles O. Alexander|appt=27 August, 1937<ref>Alexander Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/93.|D7604844}} f. 95.</ref>|end=9 January, 1939<ref>Alexander Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/93.|D7604844}} f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ford Hammill|nick=Charles F. Hammill|appt=9 January, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1184}}|end=20 November, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percival Clive Wickham Manwaring|nick=Percival C. W. Manwaring|appt=20 November, 1940|end=7 June, 1942|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
 
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Latest revision as of 08:00, 30 March 2022

H.M.S. Cornwall (1926)
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]
H.M.S. Cornwall was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

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 re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 December, 1933 for service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[9]

She was taken into Dockyard Control at The Nore on 1 September 1936.[10]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 227.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 225.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 224.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
  12. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  13. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
  17. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  18. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 224.
  20. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/29. f. 29.
  24. ↑ Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/29. f. 29.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 224.
  26. ↑ Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/93. f. 95.
  27. ↑ Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/93. f. 95.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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