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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=19 April, 1927<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/100.|}} f. 164.</ref>|end=7 October, 1928<ref>Successor assumed command that day.  Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Stuart Wykes-Sneyd|nick=Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd|appt=19 April, 1927<ref>Wykes-Sneyd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/100.|}} f. 164.</ref>|end=7 October, 1928<ref>Successor assumed command that day.  Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=10 August, 1928<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=22 September, 1930<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|ass=7 October, 1928<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=10 August, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 218}}<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=22 September, 1930<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|ass=7 October, 1928<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=15 April, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 217}}|end=September, 1931<ref>He was superseded that month.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=15 April, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 217}}|end=September, 1931<ref>He was superseded that month.  Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=September, 1931<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=July, 1932<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Nugent Reyne|nick=Cecil N. Reyne|appt=September, 1931<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=July, 1932<ref>Reyne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}

Revision as of 12:44, 4 February 2018

H.M.S. Berwick (1926)
Builder: Fairfield[1]
Laid down: 15 Sep, 1924[2]
Launched: 30 Mar, 1926[3]
Completed: 15 Feb, 1928[4]
Broken up: 1948[5]
H.M.S. Berwick was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Completed to full complement at Devonport on 2 February, 1928.[6]

Commissioned at Devonport on 15 April, 1930 for duty with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 218.
  8. ↑ Wykes-Sneyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/100. f. 164.
  9. ↑ Successor assumed command that day. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 218.
  11. ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  12. ↑ Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 217.
  14. ↑ He was superseded that month. Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  15. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  16. ↑ Reyne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 98.
  17. ↑ Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260. Month of year taken from predecessor.
  18. ↑ Bent Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 260.
  19. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/232. f. 245.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Kent Class Heavy Cruiser
Royal Navy
Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Kent Suffolk
Royal Australian Navy
  Australia Canberra  
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