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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 30 May 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 239}} | She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 30 May 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 239}} | ||
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| + | Commissioned at Plymouth on 21 July, 1931 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} with the Home Fleet.{{NLJan33|p. 238}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Exeter''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Exeter''" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=13 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 238}}|ass=8 May, 1931|end=3 August, 1932|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=13 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 238}}|ass=8 May, 1931|end=3 August, 1932|precBy=New Command}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=3 August, 1932<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>|end=September, 1933<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=3 August, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 238}}<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>|end=September, 1933<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Englefield Evans|nick=Alfred E. Evans|appt=10 October, 1933<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=October, 1935<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} and Commodore Commanding South American DIvision of America and West Indies Squadron}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Englefield Evans|nick=Alfred E. Evans|appt=10 October, 1933<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=October, 1935<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=as {{Com2RN}} and Commodore Commanding South American DIvision of America and West Indies Squadron}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant|nick=The Hon. Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant|appt=7 October, 1935|end=17 September, 1936|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O to R/A Second-in-Command, {{UK-CS|1}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant|nick=The Hon. Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant|appt=7 October, 1935|end=17 September, 1936|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O to R/A Second-in-Command, {{UK-CS|1}}}} | ||
Revision as of 19:16, 17 April 2018
| H.M.S. Exeter (1929) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 68[1] |
| Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Laid down: | 1 Aug, 1928[3] |
| Launched: | 18 Jul, 1929[4] |
| Completed: | 23 Jul, 1931[5] |
| Sunk: | 1 Mar, 1942[6] |
Service
She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 30 May 1931.[7]
Commissioned at Plymouth on 21 July, 1931 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron with the Home Fleet.[8]
Captains
- Captain Isham W. Gibson, 13 April, 1931[9] – 3 August, 1932
- Captain Harold G. C. Franklin, 3 August, 1932[10][11] – September, 1933[12]
- Captain Alfred E. Evans, 10 October, 1933[13] – October, 1935[14] (as Commodore, Second Class and Commodore Commanding South American DIvision of America and West Indies Squadron)
- Captain The Hon. Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant, 7 October, 1935 – 17 September, 1936 (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O to R/A Second-in-Command, First Cruiser Squadron)
- Captain Henry H. Harwood, 17 September, 1936 – 25 August, 1939
- Captain Frederick S. Bell, August, 1939[15] – April, 1940[16]
- Captain Walter N. T. Beckett, December, 1940[17] – March, 1941[18]
- Captain Oliver L. Gordon, March, 1941[19] – 1 March, 1942[20] (vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 238.
- ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
- ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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