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==Service==
 
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''Cornflower'' was re-commissioned at Malta on 2 March, 1925.{{NLApr25|p. 228}}
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''Cornflower'' paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 26 January, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 227}}  She was commissioned at the end of the year, on 29 December, 1927 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLFeb29|p. 227}}
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She re-commissioned on 22 April, 1929 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul31|p. 225}}
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She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 16 October, 1931 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 224}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Francis Besant|nick=Henry F. Besant|appt=17 April, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 392''s''}}|end=1 February, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gordon Charles Steele|nick=Gordon C. Steele|appt=20 September, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 766}}<ref>Steele Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>|end=April, 1919<ref>Steele Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gordon Charles Steele|nick=Gordon C. Steele|appt=20 September, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 766}}<ref>Steele Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>|end=April, 1919<ref>Steele Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/802.|D8124389}} f. 803.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|appt=late 1926<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leveson Granville Byron Alexander Campbell|nick=Leveson G. B. A. Campbell|appt=1 February, 1921<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}}  f. 101.</ref>|ass=16 March, 1921<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}}  f. 101.</ref>|end=after August, 1922<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/101.|D7603608}}  f. 101.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge|nick=Claude P. Hermon-Hodge|appt=18 October, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 742}}|end=mid April, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stuart Elton Holder|nick=Stuart E. Holder|appt=13 April, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 228}}|end=March, 1925|note=superseded on recommissioning}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Evelyn Twysden Wickham|nick=Evelyn T. Wickham|appt=16 February, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 228}}|end=1926}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=late 1926<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Noel Pelly|nick=John N. Pelly|appt=9 December, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 227}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Alan Colville Dick|nick=Hugh A. C. Dick|appt=14 October, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 225}}|end=c. 1 September, 1931{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Ford Hammill|nick=Charles F. Hammill|appt=1 September, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 224}}|end=}}
 
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Revision as of 13:06, 7 April 2018

H.M.S. Cornflower (1916)
Pendant Number: T.64 (Jan, 1916)
T.24 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Barclay Curle & Company[2]
Ordered: Jul, 1915[3]
Launched: 30 Mar, 1916[4]
Lost: 19 Dec, 1941[5]
Fate: at Hong Kong
H.M.S. Cornflower was one of thirty-six Arabis Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Cornflower was re-commissioned at Malta on 2 March, 1925.[6]

Cornflower paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 26 January, 1927.[7] She was commissioned at the end of the year, on 29 December, 1927 for service on the China Station.[8]

She re-commissioned on 22 April, 1929 for service on the China Station.[9]

She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 16 October, 1931 for service on the China Station.[10]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 94.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 228.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 227.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 224.
  11. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 392s.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 766.
  13. Steele Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/802. f. 803.
  14. Steele Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/802. f. 803.
  15. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  16. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/101. f. 101.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 742.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 228.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 228.
  20. Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 224.

Bibliography


Arabis Class Sweeping Sloop
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Pansy Pentstemon Petunia Poppy Primula
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