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Latest revision as of 17:17, 7 February 2024
H.M.S. Dorsetshire (1929) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 21 Sep, 1927[2] |
Launched: | 29 Jan, 1929[3] |
Completed: | 30 Sep, 1930[4] |
Sunk: | 5 Apr, 1942[5] |
Service
Commissioned on 16 September 1930 at Portsmouth to serve as flagship of the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.[6]
Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 2 April, 1935.[7]
Captains
- Captain Isham W. Gibson, 9 June, 1930 – 13 April, 1931
- Captain Arthur J. Power, 13 April, 1931[8][9] – August, 1933[10] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain William T. Makeig-Jones, 25 July, 1933[11] – 2 April, 1935 (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer)
- Captain Arthur J. L. Murray, 2 April, 1935[12] – July, 1937[Inference]
- Captain Francis R. Barry, July, 1937[13] – July, 1939[14]
- Captain Benjamin C. S. Martin, July, 1939[15] – August, 1941[16]
- Captain Augustus W. S. Agar, August, 1941[17] – 5 April, 1942[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 232-3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 233.
- ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 501.
- ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 501.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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