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| − | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Exmouth''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Exmouth''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. She was one of two "leaders" of the class, having an additional 4.7-in gun and a slight speed increase. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| + | Lt. Cdr. [[Arthur Grey Skipwith]] was appointed to the ship to oversee her completion on 23 May, 1934.{{NLJul34|p. 240}} | ||
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| + | Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1935 for service as flagship of the {{UK-DF|5}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 239}} | ||
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| + | ''Exmouth'' was torpedoed north of Scotland in January, 1940. No one from her crew survived. | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Exmouth''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Exmouth''" nat=UK> | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Llewellyn Vaughan Morgan|nick=Llewellyn V. Morgan|appt=16 June, 1937|end=25 May, 1939|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|5}} and then{{UK-DF|7}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Lumley St. George Lyster|nick=Arthur L. St. G. Lyster|appt=c. September, 1934{{NavAppts|Friday, August 31, 1934, Issue 46847, p.5}}|end=30 April, 1935|precBy=New Command|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|5}}}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Martin Burrough|nick=Harold M. Burrough|appt=30 April, 1935|end=mid 1937|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|5}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Llewellyn Vaughan Morgan|nick=Llewellyn V. Morgan|appt=16 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 239}}|end=25 May, 1939|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|5}} and then {{UK-DF|7}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Stoddart Benson|nick=Richard S. Benson|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4201}}|end=21 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4201}}|note=killed when ship lost|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
| − | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Exmouth_( | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Exmouth_(H02)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:07, 18 October 2021
| H.M.S. Exmouth (1934) | |
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| Pendant Number: | H02 |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
| Launched: | 7 Feb, 1934 |
| Sunk: | 21 Jan, 1940[1] |
Contents
Service
Lt. Cdr. Arthur Grey Skipwith was appointed to the ship to oversee her completion on 23 May, 1934.[2]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1935 for service as flagship of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[3]
Exmouth was torpedoed north of Scotland in January, 1940. No one from her crew survived.
Captains
- Captain Arthur L. St. G. Lyster, c. September, 1934[4] – 30 April, 1935 (and as Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Harold M. Burrough, 30 April, 1935 – mid 1937 (and as Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Llewellyn V. Morgan, 16 June, 1937[5] – 25 May, 1939 (and as Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla and then Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Richard S. Benson, 31 July, 1939[6] – 21 January, 1940[7] (killed when ship lost)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 240.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, August 31, 1934, Issue 46847, p.5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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