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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
She commissioned on 25 October, 1932 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 238}}
 
She commissioned on 25 October, 1932 for service on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 238}}
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Re-commissioned at [[Singapore]] on 18 February, 1935.{{NLJul37|p. 239}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Creswell|nick=John Creswell|appt=25 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 238}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Creswell|nick=John Creswell|appt=25 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 238}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Francis Norton Bradford|nick=George F. N. Bradford|appt=6 September, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 239}}|end=}}
 
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Revision as of 15:35, 14 June 2018

H.M.S. Falmouth (1932)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 19 Apr, 1932[2]
Commissioned: 25 Oct, 1932[3]
Broken up: 1968[4]
H.M.S. Falmouth was one of eight Shoreham Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She commissioned on 25 October, 1932 for service on the China Station.[5]

Re-commissioned at Singapore on 18 February, 1935.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 238.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 238.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 238.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.


Shoreham Class Sloop
  Bideford Fowey Rochester Shoreham  
  Dundee Falmouth Milford Weston