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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=April, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|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<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<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<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He was superseded that month.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He was superseded that month.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>}}

Revision as of 17:44, 20 January 2018

H.M.S. Berwick (1926)
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

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, 1931). p. 218.
  7. Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/100. f. 164.
  8. Successor assumed command that day. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  9. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  10. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 217.
  12. He was superseded that month. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  13. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  14. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  15. Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260. Month of year taken from predecessor.
  16. Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
  17. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Kent Class Heavy Cruiser
Royal Navy
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