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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric John Shelley|nick=Eric J. Shelley|appt=21 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 218}}|end=}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=21 January, 1932<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|end=28 July, 1932<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=21 January, 1932<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|end=28 July, 1932<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Stewart Murray-Smith|nick=Harry S. Murray-Smith|appt=7 November, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 218}}|end=5 January, 1935}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Stewart Murray-Smith|nick=Harry S. Murray-Smith|appt=7 November, 1933<ref>Murray-Smith Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/123/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 218}}|end=5 January, 1935<ref>Murray-Smith Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/123/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Salvin Bowlby|nick=Hugh S. Bowlby|appt=|end=1 July, 1935|note=fact check this one}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Francis Bond Bowlby|nick=Cuthbert F. B. Bowlby|appt=5 January, 1935{{NavAppts|16 Nov. 1934, p. 20}}|end=c. 24 July, 1935{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=1 July, 1935|end=24 July, 1935|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A(D) Reserve Fleet Destroyer Flotilla}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=1 July, 1935|end=24 July, 1935|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A(D) Reserve Fleet Destroyer Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Leslie Firth|nick=Charles L. Firth|appt=31 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 219}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Salvin Bowlby|nick=Hugh S. Bowlby|appt=5 January, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>|end=1 July, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=|end=19 July, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Salvin Bowlby|nick=Hugh S. Bowlby|appt=19 July, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>{{NavAppts|22 July 1935, p. 17}}|end=31 July, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Leslie Firth|nick=Charles L. Firth|appt=31 July, 1935{{NavAppts|25 July 1935, p. 10}}{{NLOct35|p. 219}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Selwyn Victor Jephson|nick=Selwyn V. Jephson|appt=5 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 219}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Selwyn Victor Jephson|nick=Selwyn V. Jephson|appt=5 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 219}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=18 January, 1941<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|15}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=before March 1938|end=24 September, 1938<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|}} f. 100.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=24 September, 1938<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|}} f. 100.</ref>|end=11 October, 1938<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|}} f. 100.</ref>|note=vice Heathcote, and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Bostock Hill|nick=Thomas B. Hill|appt=11 October, 1938<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/102.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=14 February, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leonard Francis Durnford-Slater|nick=Leonard F. Durnford-Slater|appt=17 October, 1938{{NavAppts|5 Sept. 1938, p. 7}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=27 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|15}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield|nick=Bryan G. Scurfield|appt=27 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|end=7 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Thomas Couchman|nick=Walter T. Couchman|appt=7 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|end=April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Frank Capel Layard|nick=Arthur F. C. Layard|appt=April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|end=8 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
 
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Some confusion here about Mansfield, at least, and also Hill and Durnford-Slater.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 17:07, 20 April 2023

H.M.S. Broke (1920)
Pendant Number: D.83 (Dec 1924)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 16 Sep, 1920[3]
Commissioned: 21 Jan, 1925[4]
Foundered: 9 Nov, 1942[5]
Fate: damaged at Algiers[6]

H.M.S. Broke was one of five flotilla leaders of the Shakespeare class.

Service

Broke was commissioned on 21 January, 1925 and sent to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7] Upon her arrival, Eric Quintin Carter handed over command to Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon, and Broke became the flotilla's leader. Broke re-commissioned on 30 April, 1926, still under the command of Captain Mackinnon.[8][9]

Re-commissioned at 21 August, 1928.[10]

Reduced to Special Reserve Complement at Devonport on 28 April, 1931.[11]

Completed to full complement on 18 June, 1935.[12]

She was commissioned on 3 March 1937.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Some confusion here about Mansfield, at least, and also Hill and Durnford-Slater.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 219.
  9. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 218.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 219.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 220.
  14. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
  16. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
  18. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 219.
  20. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/318. f. 83.
  21. ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/318. f. 83.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  23. ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
  24. ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 218.
  26. ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  27. ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  28. ↑ Murray-Smith Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/123/105. f. 105.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 218.
  30. ↑ Murray-Smith Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/123/105. f. 105.
  31. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 16 Nov. 1934, p. 20.
  32. ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
  33. ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
  34. ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
  35. ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
  36. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 22 July 1935, p. 17.
  37. ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
  38. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 25 July 1935, p. 10.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 219.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 219.
  41. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  42. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  43. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  44. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. 104.
  45. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 5 Sept. 1938, p. 7.
  46. ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Shakespeare Class Flotilla Leader
Shakespeare Spenser Wallace Keppel Broke
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