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==Service==
 
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''London'' was re-commissioned for trials on 1 January, 1929.{{NLFeb29|p. 251}}
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 February, 1929 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|pp. 250-1}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 251}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 April, 1934 for service with the {{UK-CS|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 252}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 20 January, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 253}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Hext Rogers|nick=Hugh H. Rogers|appt=2 July, 1928|end=4 April, 1929|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Hext Rogers|nick=Hugh H. Rogers|appt=2 July, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 251}}|end=4 April, 1929|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Bell Davies|nick=Richard B. Davies|appt=April, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Bell Davies|nick=Richard B. Davies|appt=April, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Martin Burrough|nick=Harold M. Burrough|appt=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Martin Burrough|nick=Harold M. Burrough|appt=24 October, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 250}}|end=March, 1932{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Harwood Harwood|nick=Henry H. Harwood|appt=28 March, 1932|end=17 April, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Harwood Harwood|nick=Henry H. Harwood|appt=28 March, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 251}}|end=17 April, 1934|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=April, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=17 April, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 252}}|end=January, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=late 1936<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|end=10 January, 1939<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral {{UK-CS|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Pott|nick=Herbert Pott|appt=20 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 252}}|end=10 January, 1939<ref>Pott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/278.|}} f. 310.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to Rear Admiral {{UK-CS|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes|nick=Reginald M. Servaes|appt=December, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Lindsey Keighly-Peach|nick=Charles L. Keighly-Peach|appt=January, 1939{{INF}}|end=24 January, 1939<ref>McCoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>|note=not sure whether K-P returned to command after McCoy}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=December, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Abernethy McCoy|nick=James A. McCoy|appt=24 January, 1939<ref>McCoy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/123/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>|end=1 March, 1939<ref>McCoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>|note=temporary, vice Keighly-Peach}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Latham Bateson|nick=Stuart L. Bateson|appt=December, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1946{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Kaye Edden|nick=William K. Edden|appt=|end=10 December, 1941<ref>Servaes Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/140.|}} f. 140.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes|nick=Reginald M. Servaes|appt=10 December, 1941<ref>Servaes Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/140.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=19 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}|note=vice Edden}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=19 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}|end=19 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ronald Ker Silcock|nick=Ronald K. Silcock|appt=19 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}|end=15 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler|nick=Richard V. Symonds-Tayler|appt=15 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}|end=25 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Latham Bateson|nick=Stuart L. Bateson|appt=25 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}|end=15 January, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|1178}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Hamilton Oswald|nick=George H. Oswald|appt=January, 1946{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1947{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Hamilton Oswald|nick=George H. Oswald|appt=January, 1946{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1947{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Thorburn Addis|nick=Charles T. Addis|appt=May, 1947{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1949{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Thorburn Addis|nick=Charles T. Addis|appt=May, 1947{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1949{{MackieRNW}}}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:03, 22 November 2021

H.M.S. London (1927)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 23 Feb, 1926[2]
Launched: 14 Sep, 1927[3]
Completed: 31 Jan, 1929[4]
Broken up: 1950[5]
H.M.S. London was one of four London Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

London was re-commissioned for trials on 1 January, 1929.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 February, 1929 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[7]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1931.[8]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 April, 1934 for service with the First Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.[9]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 20 January, 1937.[10]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 27.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 250-1.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 252.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
  12. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 250.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 251.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 252.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 252.
  20. ↑ Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  21. ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
  22. ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
  23. ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
  24. ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
  25. ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  37. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  38. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  39. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  40. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


London Class Heavy Cruiser
  Devonshire London Shropshire Sussex  
<– Kent Class Major Cruisers (UK) York Class –>
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