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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Cantlie|nick=Colin Cantlie|appt=1 June, 1933<ref>Cantlie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|end=August, 1935<ref>Cantlie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Cantlie|nick=Colin Cantlie|appt=1 June, 1933<ref>Cantlie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|end=August, 1935<ref>Cantlie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/263.|D7605018}} f. 278.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=c. | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=c. August, 1935{{NavAppts|17 July 1935, p. 8}}|end=|note=to take command upon her re-commissioning}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irvine Gordon Glennie|nick=Irvine G. Glennie|appt=24 March, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 300}}<ref>Glennie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/166.|D8116287}} f. 166.</ref>|end=26 January, 1939<ref>Glennie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/166.|D8116287}} f. 166.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Irvine Gordon Glennie|nick=Irvine G. Glennie|appt=24 March, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 300}}<ref>Glennie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/166.|D8116287}} f. 166.</ref>|end=26 January, 1939<ref>Glennie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/166.|D8116287}} f. 166.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Edward Parry|nick=William E. Parry|appt=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Edward Parry|nick=William E. Parry|appt=January, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} |
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H.M.S. Achilles (1932) | |
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Pendant Number: | 70 |
Builder: | Cammell Laird[1] |
Laid down: | 11 Jun, 1931[2] |
Launched: | 1 Sep, 1932[3] |
Completed: | 6 Oct, 1933[4] |
Transferred: | 1948 |
Fate: | to India |
Contents
Service
She completed to full complement at Chatham on 10 October, 1933 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet.[5]
She re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 March, 1936 for service with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.
Captains
- Captain Colin Cantlie, 1 June, 1933[6] – August, 1935[7]
- Captain Denham M. T. Bedford, c. August, 1935[8] (to take command upon her re-commissioning)
- Captain Irvine G. Glennie, 24 March, 1936[9][10] – 26 January, 1939[11]
- Captain William E. Parry, January, 1939[12] – November, 1940[13]
- Captain Hugh M. Barnes, 15 October, 1940[14] – 17 April, 1942[15]
- Captain Cecil A. L. Mansergh, April, 1942[16] – September, 1943[17]
- Captain Neville B. C. Brock, September, 1943[18] – March, 1944[19]
- Captain Francis J. Butler, March, 1944[20] – January, 1946[21]
- Captain William E. Banks, January, 1946[22] – 1947[23]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). pp. 213-4.
- ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
- ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 17 July 1935, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 300.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/166. f. 166.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Barnes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/191. f. ?.
- ↑ Barnes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/191. f. ?.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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