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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}}
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Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 10 October, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 239}}
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Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 29 December [year omitted] for service with the [[America and West Indies Station]], under the command of {{Com2RN}} [[Henry Harwood Harwood]] who was also in command of the South American Division.{{NLJul37|p. 238}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=13 April, 1931|ass=8 May, 1931|end=3 August, 1932|precBy=New Command}}
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{{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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alfred Englefield Evans|nick=Alfred E. Evans|appt=10 October, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 239}}<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=October, 1935<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as 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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Harwood Harwood|nick=Henry H. Harwood|appt=September, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Henry Harwood Harwood|nick=Henry H. Harwood|appt=17 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 238}}|end=25 August, 1939|note=and in command of South American Division}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Charles Philip Clarke|nick=Charles P. Clarke|appt=11 August, 1937<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/85.|}} f. 85.</ref>|end=1939<ref>Clarke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/85.|}} f. 85.</ref>|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Secker Bell|nick=Frederick S. Bell|appt=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Secker Bell|nick=Frederick S. Bell|appt=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=December, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=December, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=11 March, 1941<ref>Gordon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/87.|D7616056}} f. 87.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oliver Loudon Gordon|nick=Oliver L. Gordon|appt=March, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=1 March, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oliver Loudon Gordon|nick=Oliver L. Gordon|appt=11 March, 1941<ref>Gordon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/87.|}} f. 87.</ref>|end=1 March, 1942<ref>Gordon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/87.|}} f. 87.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vice Beckett, vessel lost under his command}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Exeter_(68)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 17:47, 3 June 2022

H.M.S. Exeter (1929)
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]
H.M.S. Exeter was one of two York Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

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]

Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 10 October, 1933.[9]

Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 29 December [year omitted] for service with the America and West Indies Station, under the command of Commodore, Second Class Henry Harwood Harwood who was also in command of the South American Division.[10]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 29.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 239.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 238.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 239.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 238.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 238.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 238.
  13. ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  14. ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 239.
  16. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  17. ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 238.
  19. ↑ Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/85. f. 85.
  20. ↑ Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/85. f. 85.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Gordon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/87. f. 87.
  25. ↑ Gordon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/87. f. 87.
  26. ↑ Gordon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/87. f. 87.

Bibliography


York Class Heavy Cruiser
  York Exeter  
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