H.M.S. Berwick (1926)
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H.M.S. Berwick (1926) | |
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Builder: | Fairfield[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
Commissioned at Devonport on 15 April, 1930 for duty with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[6]
Captains
- Captain Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd, April, 1927[7] – 7 October, 1928[8]
- Captain Eric G. Robinson, 10 August, 1928[9] – 22 September, 1930[10]
- Captain Charles G. Brodie, 15 April, 1930[11] – September, 1931[12]
- Captain Cecil N. Reyne, September, 1931[13] – July, 1932[14]
- Captain Cyril G. Sedgwick, 1 July, 1932 – 14 January, 1935
- Captain Eric R. Bent, November 1934[15] – 15 July, 1937[16]
- Captain Irving M. Palmer, 17 October, 1938 – 25 June, 1940
- Captain Guy L. Warren, 22 June, 1940[17] – May, 1941[18]
- Captain George H. Faulkner, 2 May, 1941 – 15 January, 1943
- Captain Henry J. Egerton, 16 April, 1943 – 8 January, 1944
- Captain Norman V. Grace, January, 1944[19] – August, 1944[20]
- Captain Stephen H. T. Arliss, August, 1944[21] – 1946[22]
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, 1931). p. 218.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Successor assumed command that day. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 217.
- ↑ He was superseded that month. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
- ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
- ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
- ↑ Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260. Month of year taken from predecessor.
- ↑ Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
- ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
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