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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Ruck-Keene|nick=Philip Ruck-Keene|appt=27 May, 19401938{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=13 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Ruck-Keene|nick=Philip Ruck-Keene|appt=27 May, 19401938{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=13 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugo Meynell Cyril Ionides|nick=Hugo M. C. Ionides|appt=14 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=9 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugo Meynell Cyril Ionides|nick=Hugo M. C. Ionides|appt=14 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=9 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oliver Loudon Gordon|nick=Oliver L. Gordon|appt=25 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=10 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oliver Loudon Gordon|nick=Oliver L. Gordon|appt=25 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=10 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|note=vice Ionides}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Arthur Wallace Voelcker|nick=George A. W. Voelcker|appt=10 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=26 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Arthur Wallace Voelcker|nick=George A. W. Voelcker|appt=10 March, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=26 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=George Barney Hamley Fawkes|nick=George B. H. Fawkes|appt=5 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=12 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=George Barney Hamley Fawkes|nick=George B. H. Fawkes|appt=5 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}|end=12 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4275}}}} | ||
Latest revision as of 21:46, 3 June 2022
| H.M.S. Maidstone (1937) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | John Brown & Company |
| Laid down: | 17 Aug, 1936 |
| Launched: | 21 Oct, 1937 |
| Commissioned: | 5 May, 1938 |
| Scrapped: | May, 1978 |
H.M.S. Maidstone was completed to navy order as a depot ship. She assumed the name of an earlier Maidstone launched in 1912.
Service
In 1939, Maidstone was assigned to the First Submarine Flotilla. In 1941, she went to the Mediterranean. In 1944, she ventured to Australia, supporting operations of the Eighth Submarine Flotilla.
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Commander Edward H. Longsdon, 6 December, 1937[1] – 4 January, 1938[Inference]
- Captain Philip Ruck-Keene, 4 January, 1938[2] – 14 November, 1939[3]
- Acting Captain Edward H. Longsdon, 17 April, 1939[4] – 27 May, 1940[5] (vice Ruck-Keene)
- Captain Philip Ruck-Keene, 27 May, 19401938[6] – 13 August, 1940[7]
- Captain Hugo M. C. Ionides, 14 August, 1940[8] – 9 September, 1940[9]
- Captain Oliver L. Gordon, 25 September, 1940[10] – 10 March, 1941[11] (vice Ionides)
- Captain George A. W. Voelcker, 10 March, 1941[12] – 26 June, 1942[13]
- Acting Captain George B. H. Fawkes, 5 July, 1942[14] – 12 March, 1944[15]
- Captain Lancelot M. Shadwell, 12 March, 1944[16] – January, 1946[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Longsdon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/79. f. 79.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Longsdon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/79. f. 79.
- ↑ Longsdon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/79. f. 79.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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