H.M.S. Cornwall (1926)

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H.M.S. Cornwall (1926)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 9 Oct, 1924[2]
Launched: 11 Mar, 1926[3]
Completed: 23 Jan, 1928[4]
Sunk: 5 May, 1942[5]
H.M.S. Cornwall was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She completed her construction at Devonport Dockyard, first under the oversight of the rather sinisterly-named Commander Robert Holmes De'ath[6] until mid-1927 when Captain The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower arrived. He would commission her in the coming January.

Cornwall was completed to full complement at Devonport on 3 May, 1928.[7]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 February, 1931.[8]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 December, 1933 for service with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[9]

She was taken into Dockyard Control at The Nore on 1 September 1936.[10]

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. (July, 1927). p. 227.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 225.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 224.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 227.
  12. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  13. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 225.
  17. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  18. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 224.
  20. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  21. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/29. f. 29.
  24. Wilmot-Sitwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/29. f. 29.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 224.
  26. Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/93. f. 95.
  27. Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/93. f. 95.
  28. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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