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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Berwick''" nat="UK">
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=19 April, 1927<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/100.|}} f. 164.</ref>|end=7 October, 1928<ref>Successor assumed command that day.  Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=19 April, 1927{{NavAppts|11 Mar. 1927, p. 9}}<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/100.|}} f. 164.</ref>|end=7 October, 1928<ref>Successor assumed command that day.  Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=10 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 218}}<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=22 September, 1930<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|ass=7 October, 1928<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=10 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 218}}<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=22 September, 1930<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|ass=7 October, 1928<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=15 April, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 217}}|end=September, 1931<ref>He was superseded that month.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=15 April, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 217}}|end=September, 1931<ref>He was superseded that month.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=September, 1931<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=July, 1932<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=September, 1931<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=July, 1932<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|appt=1 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 216}}|end=14 January, 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|appt=1 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 216}}|end=14 January, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eric Ritchie Bent|nick=Eric R. Bent|appt=November 1934<ref>Bent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 260.  Month of year taken from predecessor.</ref>|end=15 July, 1937<ref>Bent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 260.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eric Ritchie Bent|nick=Eric R. Bent|appt=31 October, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 217}}|end=15 July, 1937<ref>Bent Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 260.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=17 October, 1938|end=25 June, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irving Montgomery Palmer|nick=Irving M. Palmer|appt=17 October, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=22 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=22 June, 1940<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Langton Warren|nick=Guy L. Warren|appt=22 June, 1940<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/232.|D7604987}} f. 245.</ref>|end=2 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=2 May, 1941|end=15 January, 1943}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=2 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=19 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=19 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=14 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Jack Egerton|nick=Henry J. Egerton|appt=16 April, 1943|end=8 January, 1944}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Jack Egerton|nick=Henry J. Egerton|appt=16 April, 1943|end=8 January, 1944}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Vere Grace|nick=Norman V. Grace|appt=January, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norman Vere Grace|nick=Norman V. Grace|appt=January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=10 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss|nick=Stephen H. T. Arliss|appt=August, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=1946{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss|nick=Stephen H. T. Arliss|appt=10 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}|end=10 February, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|1174}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Vivian John Voelcker|nick=Vivian J. Voelcker|appt=|end=30 March, 1948<ref>Malleson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/43.|}} f. 43.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Rupert St. Aubyn Malleson|nick=Rupert St. A. Malleson|appt=30 March, 1948<ref>Malleson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/43.|}} f. 43.</ref>|end=15 April, 1948<ref>Malleson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/43.|}} f. 43.</ref>}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:01, 30 March 2022

H.M.S. Berwick (1926)
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[1]
Laid down: 15 Sep, 1924[2]
Launched: 30 Mar, 1926[3]
Completed: 15 Feb, 1928[4]
Broken up: 1948[5]

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

Service

Completed to full complement at Devonport on 2 February, 1928.[6]

Commissioned at Devonport on 15 April, 1930 for duty with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[7]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 October, 1932 for duty with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[8]

Re-commissioned 30 October 1934.[9]

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. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 218.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 218.
  10. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 11 Mar. 1927, p. 9.
  11. Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/100. f. 164.
  12. Successor assumed command that day. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 218.
  14. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  15. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 217.
  17. He was superseded that month. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  18. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  19. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 216.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 217.
  22. Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
  23. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  26. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Malleson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/43. f. 43.
  36. Malleson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/43. f. 43.
  37. Malleson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/43. f. 43.

Bibliography


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