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| − | |fg= | + | |fg=gold|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.A.S. ''Perth''''' was one of three [[Perth Class Cruiser (1934)|''Perth'' Class light cruisers]], and one of two completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. She began service in the Royal Navy as '''H.M.S. ''Amphion''''', but transferred to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] in 1939 and took on her Australian designation. |
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| H.M.A.S. Perth (1934) | |
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| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 26 Jun, 1933[2] |
| Launched: | 27 Jul, 1934[3] |
| Completed: | 6 Jul, 1936[4] |
| Sunk: | 1 Mar, 1942 |
Contents
Service
Captains
- Captain Robert L. Burnett, 5 December, 1935 – 1 March, 1939
- Captain Harold B. Farncomb, 20 June, 1939[5] – 6 June, 1940[6]
- Captain Philip W. Bowyer-Smyth, 6 June, 1940[7] – 1 September, 1941[8]
- Acting Commander Charles R. Reid, 1 September, 1941[9] – 24 October, 1941[10]
- Captain Hector Macd. L. Waller, 24 October, 1941[11] – 1 March, 1942[12] (killed when vessel lost)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. Perth.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. Perth.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. Perth.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. Perth.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. Perth.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. Perth.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. Perth.
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy page on H.M.A.S. Perth.
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