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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Devonshire''''' was one of four [[London Class Cruiser (1927)|''London'' Class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Devonshire''''' was one of four [[London Class Cruiser (1927)|''London'' Class cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in the late 1920s.
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There was an earlier armoured cruiser named {{UK-1Devonshire|f=p}} that fought in the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Service==
 
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''Devonshire'' commissioned for trials on 1 January, 1929.{{NLFeb29|p. 232}}
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She commissioned at Devonport on 19 March, 1929 under the command of Flag Captain [[Henry Clive Rawlings]], who had seen her through her trials.{{NLJul31|p. 231}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 14 October, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 231}}
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Commissioned at Plymouth on 2 February, 1934 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLOct35|p. 231}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 November, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 230}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=15 November, 1928<ref>Rawlings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|end=17 August, 1931<ref>Rawlings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|note=initially for trials, later as Flag Captain to Henley|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Balfour Le Mottée|nick=Douglas B. Le Mottée|appt=17 August, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 231}}|ass=17 August, 1931|end=March, 1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Fosbrooke Potter|nick=Leonard F. Potter|appt=3 February, 1933|ass=13 March, 1933|end=February, 1934{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=2 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 231}}|end=January, 1936|note=and as Flag Captain from c. 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=12 December, 1935|end=November, 1936{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerard Charles Muirhead-Gould|nick=Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould|appt=November, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 230}}|end=May, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Wheeler Bush|nick=Eric W. Bush|appt=1 May, 1939<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|end=c. 10 May, 1939<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|note=transferred out to {{UK-Norfolk}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=10 May, 1939|end=29 October, 1940<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/58.|}}  f. 58.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Don Oliver|nick=Robert D. Oliver|appt=29 October, 1940<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/58.|}}  f. 58.</ref>|end=24 November, 1942<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=24 November, 1942<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=18 June, 1943<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles James Blake|nick=Charles J. Blake|appt=18 June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=13 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Wilmot Sitwell|nick=Walter W. Sitwell|appt=13 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=13 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Curthoys Richards|nick=John C. Richards|appt=18 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=29 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=29 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=11 January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley|nick=Gerald M. B. Langley|appt=11 January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}|end=1 January, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|1176}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ronald Stewart Brown|nick=John R. S. Brown|appt=January, 1946{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1948{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=St. John Cronyn|nick=St. John Cronyn|appt=May, 1948{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1949{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Graham Henry Stokes|nick=Graham H. Stokes|appt=December, 1949{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1952{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Godfrey Crawford|nick=William G. Crawford|appt=April, 1952{{MackieRNW}}|end=1953{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:03, 30 March 2022

H.M.S. Devonshire (1927)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 16 Mar, 1926[2]
Launched: 22 Oct, 1927[3]
Commissioned: 19 Mar, 1929[4]
Broken up: 1954[5]
H.M.S. Devonshire was one of four London Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s.

There was an earlier armoured cruiser named H.M.S. Devonshire that fought in the Great War.

Service

Devonshire commissioned for trials on 1 January, 1929.[6]

She commissioned at Devonport on 19 March, 1929 under the command of Flag Captain Henry Clive Rawlings, who had seen her through her trials.[7]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 14 October, 1931.[8]

Commissioned at Plymouth on 2 February, 1934 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[9]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 November, 1936.[10]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 231.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 232.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 231.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 231.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  11. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  12. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 231.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
  20. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
  21. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/58. f. 58.
  22. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/58. f. 58.
  23. ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  24. ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  25. ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  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. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  37. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  38. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  39. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  40. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  41. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  42. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  43. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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