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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Adventure'' (1924)|comm=2 Oct, 1926
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|name=Adventure
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'''H.M.S. ''Adventure''''' was a minelaying cruiser completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1926.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Adventure''''' was a minelaying cruiser completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1926.
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There was also [[H.M.S. Adventure (1904)|a scout cruiser named ''Adventure'' launched in 1904]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 214}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport with a special three-fifths complement on 3 May, 1932 before coming to full complement on 5 July, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 214}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 December, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 214}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 June, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 214}}
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''Adventure'' sustained heavy damage when she struck a German destroyer-laid mine on the night of 12/13 November 1939.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=1 April, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 214}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=1 April, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 214}}|end=21 January, 1928{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Henry Dacres Cunningham|nick=John H. D. Cunningham|appt=21 January, 1928{{NLJan28|p. 214}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Douglas Harry Dibben|nick=Arthur D. H. Dibben|appt=10 October, 1931<ref>Dibben Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/22.|}} f. 22.</ref>|end=18 April, 1932<ref>Dibben Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/22.|}} f. 22.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Victor Vincent Magrane|nick=James V. V. Magrane|appt=27 April, 1932<ref>Magrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 214}}|end=December, 1933<ref>Magrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Hope Gell|nick=William H. Gell|appt=28 December, 1933{{NLOct35|p. 214}}|end=c. 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Gordon Duke|nick=Robert G. Duke|appt=after 14 March, 1936<ref>Duke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/48.|}} f. 403.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 213}}|end=30 September, 1938<ref>Duke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/48.|}} f. 403.</ref>|note=vice Gell}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Domvile Auchmuty Musters|nick=John D. A. Musters|appt=1 April, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 254}}|end=late July, 1939{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robert Halfhide|nick=Arthur R. Halfhide|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|end=15 January, 1940<ref>Halfhide Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Kelvin Whitmy-Smith|nick=George K. Whitmy-Smith|appt=|end=18 August, 1940<ref>Grace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/134.|}} f. 136.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Norman Vere Grace|nick=Norman V. Grace|appt=18 August, 1940<ref>Grace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/134.|}} f. 136.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=12 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|note=vice Whitmy-Smith}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ronald George Bowes-Lyon|nick=Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon|appt=12 August, 1942<ref>Bowes-Lyon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|note=vice Grace}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=Charles Bettesworth Sanders|nick=Charles B. Sanders|appt=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=1 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=William Bagot Walker|nick=William B. Walker|appt=1 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=Charles Bettesworth Sanders|nick=Charles B. Sanders|appt=January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=20 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Alan MacGregor Sheffield|nick=Alan MacG. Sheffield|appt=20 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=5 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=George Alan Kenneth McCombe|nick=George A. K. McCombe|appt=5 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=7 January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNVR}}|name=Alan Holt Davies|nick=Alan H. Davies|appt=7 January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=27 April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=27 April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1267}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 25 April 2023

H.M.S. Adventure (1924)
Builder: Vickers
Laid down: 29 Nov, 1922
Launched: 18 Jun, 1924
Commissioned: 2 Oct, 1926
Sold: 1947

H.M.S. Adventure was a minelaying cruiser completed for the Royal Navy in 1926.

There was also a scout cruiser named Adventure launched in 1904.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1927.[1]

She re-commissioned at Devonport with a special three-fifths complement on 3 May, 1932 before coming to full complement on 5 July, 1932.[2]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 December, 1933.[3]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 17 June, 1936.[4]

Adventure sustained heavy damage when she struck a German destroyer-laid mine on the night of 12/13 November 1939.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 214.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 214.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 214.
  7. ↑ Dibben Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/22. f. 22.
  8. ↑ Dibben Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/22. f. 22.
  9. ↑ Magrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/324. f. 328.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
  11. ↑ Magrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/324. f. 328.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 214.
  13. ↑ Duke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/48. f. 403.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
  15. ↑ Duke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/48. f. 403.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 254.
  17. ↑ Halfhide Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/37. f. 37.
  18. ↑ Halfhide Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/37. f. 37.
  19. ↑ Grace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/134. f. 136.
  20. ↑ Grace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/134. f. 136.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Bowes-Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/174. f. 174.
  24. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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