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+ | Ready for trials in April 1928, ''Kent'' was to proceed to Portsmouth on April 19, expected to arrive on 1 May.<ref>"Naval, Military, And Air Force." ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Apr 05, 1928; pg. 17; Issue 44860.</ref> | ||
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+ | She was commissioned at Chatham on 25 June, 1928,{{NLFeb29|p. 249}} ''Kent'' went out to the [[China Station]] to relieve {{UK-Hawkins}} as flagship.<ref>"Naval And Military." ''The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 17, 1928; pg. 19; Issue 44792.</ref> | ||
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+ | In mid-1931 she was still with the {{UK-CS|5}} on the [[China Station]],{{NLJul31|p. 248}} but she returned to Chatham for a refit in 1931, replaced as flagship by {{UK-Suffolk|f=p}}. She re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 July, 1931 to return to China.{{NLJan33|pp. 248-9}} | ||
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+ | She re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 May, 1934.{{NLOct35|p. 250}} | ||
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+ | Paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 30 January, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 251}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Kent''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Kent''" nat="UK"> | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James Wolfe-Murray|appt=23 January, 1928<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|ass=23 January, 1928<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|end=June, 1929<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A Tyrwhitt and then to [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Arthur K. Waistell]]}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James Wolfe-Murray|appt=23 January, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 248}}<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|ass=23 January, 1928<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|end=June, 1929<ref>Murray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A Tyrwhitt and then to [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Arthur K. Waistell]]}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Wollaston Kitson|nick=Edward W. Kitson|appt=31 May, 1929<ref>Kitson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/277.|}} f. 280.</ref>|end=7 June, 1929<ref>Kitson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/277.|}} f. 280.</ref>|note=temporary, during Wolfe-Murray's illness}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=8 June, 1929|end=August, 1929|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Arthur K. Waistell]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Home Ramsay|nick=Bertram H. Ramsay|appt=27 July, 1929|end=19 June, 1931}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Home Ramsay|nick=Bertram H. Ramsay|appt=27 July, 1929|end=19 June, 1931}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=20 June, 1931|end=16 November, 1931}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Godfrey|nick=John H. Godfrey|appt=20 June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 248}}|end=16 November, 1931}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=16 November, 1931<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=13 January, 1932<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|note=remained aboard as Chief of Staff, additional, as {{Com2RN}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=16 November, 1931<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=13 January, 1932<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|note=remained aboard as Chief of Staff, additional, as {{Com2RN}}}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=13 January, 1932|end=11 March, 1933}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=13 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 248}}|end=11 March, 1933}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Usborne Willis|nick=Algernon U. Willis|appt=January, 1933<ref>Willis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>|ass=11 February, 1933<ref>Willis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>|end=20 May, 1934<ref>Willis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Algernon Usborne Willis|nick=Algernon U. Willis|appt=21 January, 1933{{NavAppts|7 Oct. 1932, p. 6}}<ref>Willis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>|ass=11 February, 1933<ref>Willis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>|end=20 May, 1934<ref>Willis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52.|D7576714}} f. 460.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower|nick=Ion B. B. Tower|appt=May, 1934{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower|nick=Ion B. B. Tower|appt=20 May, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 249}}|end=14 January, 1937|note=and as Flag Captain}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Arthur Charles Pakenham|nick=Thomas A. C. Pakenham|appt=18 December, 1936<ref>Pakenham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/124/210.|}} f. 209.</ref>|end=22 January, 1937<ref>Pakenham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/124/210.|}} f. 209.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Ashmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>|end=12 September, 1939<ref>Ashmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Ashmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>|end=12 September, 1939<ref>Ashmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=12 September, 1939<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|end=3 March, 1941<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|note=temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=12 September, 1939<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|end=3 March, 1941<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|note=temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Henry Venville|nick=John H. Venville|appt=24 February, 1941|end=15 May, 1941<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=July, 1943{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham|appt=15 May, 1941<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>|end=9 July, 1943<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=9 July, 1943<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=22 December, 1944<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Cuthbert Lang|nick=Douglas C. Lang|appt=|end=27 February, 1945}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=27 February, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=14 October, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=27 February, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=14 October, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=8 September, 1945|end=16 September, 1946}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=8 September, 1945|end=16 September, 1946}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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H.M.S. Kent (1926) | |
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Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 15 Nov, 1924[2] |
Launched: | 16 Mar, 1926[3] |
Completed: | 22 Jun, 1928[4] |
Broken up: | 1948[5] |
Service
Ready for trials in April 1928, Kent was to proceed to Portsmouth on April 19, expected to arrive on 1 May.[6]
She was commissioned at Chatham on 25 June, 1928,[7] Kent went out to the China Station to relieve Hawkins as flagship.[8]
In mid-1931 she was still with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station,[9] but she returned to Chatham for a refit in 1931, replaced as flagship by H.M.S. Suffolk. She re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 July, 1931 to return to China.[10]
She re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 May, 1934.[11]
Paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 30 January, 1937.[12]
Captains
- Captain James Wolfe-Murray, 23 January, 1928[13][14] – June, 1929[15] (and as Flag Captain to R/A Tyrwhitt and then to Arthur K. Waistell)
- Acting Captain Edward W. Kitson, 31 May, 1929[16] – 7 June, 1929[17] (temporary, during Wolfe-Murray's illness)
- Captain Arthur L. Snagge, 8 June, 1929 – August, 1929 (and as Flag Captain to R/A Arthur K. Waistell)
- Captain Bertram H. Ramsay, 27 July, 1929 – 19 June, 1931
- Captain John H. Godfrey, 20 June, 1931[18] – 16 November, 1931
- Captain Geoffrey Layton, 16 November, 1931[19] – 13 January, 1932[20] (remained aboard as Chief of Staff, additional, as Commodore, Second Class)
- Captain Thomas B. Drew, 13 January, 1932[21] – 11 March, 1933
- Captain Algernon U. Willis, 21 January, 1933[22][23] – 20 May, 1934[24]
- Captain Ion B. B. Tower, 20 May, 1934[25] – 14 January, 1937 (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Thomas A. C. Pakenham, 18 December, 1936[26] – 22 January, 1937[27]
- Captain Leslie H. Ashmore, 7 April, 1938[28] – 12 September, 1939[29]
- Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 12 September, 1939[30] – 3 March, 1941[31] (temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick)
- Commander John H. Venville, 24 February, 1941 – 15 May, 1941[32]
- Captain Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham, 15 May, 1941[33] – 9 July, 1943[34]
- Captain Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins, 9 July, 1943[35] – 22 December, 1944[36]
- Captain Douglas C. Lang, – 27 February, 1945
- Captain Walter H. G. Fallowfield, 27 February, 1945[37] – 14 October, 1945[38]
- Captain Philip H. Calderon, 8 September, 1945 – 16 September, 1946
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, And Air Force." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 05, 1928; pg. 17; Issue 44860.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 249.
- ↑ "Naval And Military." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 17, 1928; pg. 19; Issue 44792.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). pp. 248-9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 250.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/277. f. 280.
- ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/277. f. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 248.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 Oct. 1932, p. 6.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 249.
- ↑ Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/210. f. 209.
- ↑ Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/210. f. 209.
- ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
- ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Hawkins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/153. f. 153.
- ↑ Hawkins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/153. f. 153.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
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