H.M.S. Maidstone (1937)

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 – 4 January, 1938^[Inference]
• Captain Philip Ruck-Keene, 4 January, 1938 – 14 November, 1939
• Acting Captain Edward H. Longsdon, 17 April, 1939 – 27 May, 1940  (vice Ruck-Keene)
• Captain Philip Ruck-Keene, 27 May, 19401938 – 13 August, 1940
• Captain Hugo M. C. Ionides, 14 August, 1940 – 9 September, 1940
• Captain Oliver L. Gordon, 25 September, 1940 – 10 March, 1941  (vice Ionides)
• Captain George A. W. Voelcker, 10 March, 1941 – 26 June, 1942
• Acting Captain George B. H. Fawkes, 5 July, 1942 – 12 March, 1944
• Captain Lancelot M. Shadwell, 12 March, 1944 – January, 1946

See Also

• Wikipedia