H.M.S. Penzance (1930)
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H.M.S. Penzance (1930) | |
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Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
Launched: | 10 Apr, 1930[2] |
Commissioned: | 15 Jan, 1931[3] |
Torpedoed: | 24 Aug, 1940[4] |
Service
Commissioned at Devonport on 15 January, 1931 for service in the Persian Gulf,[5] where she remained until at least early 1933.[6]
Re-commssioned at Aden on 29 November, 1935.[7]
Captains
- Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, 2 December, 1930[8] – 12 January, 1931[9]
- Commander Robert A. Startin, August, 1931[10] – 27 May, 1932[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur R. Farquhar, February, 1932[12][13] – April, 1933[14]
- Commander Robert H. Bevan, 22 March, 1933[15]
- Commander Edward H. Longsdon, 30 March, 1935[16]
- Commander Arthur W. Clarke, 1 March, 1937[17]
- Commander Allan J. Wavish, 16 May, 1938[18] – 24 August, 1940[19] (died when ship torpedoed and lost)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 259.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 259.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 261.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 262.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/105. f. ?.
- ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/105. f. ?.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/291. f. 306.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 261.
- ↑ Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/291. f. 306.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 318.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
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