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|launch=16 Jul, 1931{{Conways1922|p. 56}}
 
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Rochester''''' was one of eight [[Shoreham Class Sloop (1930)|''Shoreham'' Class sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Rochester''''' was one of eight [[Shoreham Class Sloop (1930)|''Shoreham'' Class sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rochester''" nat=UK>
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''Gr.'')|name=James Francis Paget|nick=James F. Paget|appt=2 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 267}}|end=22 June, 1933|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''Gr.'')|name=James Francis Paget|nick=James F. Paget|appt=2 February, 1932{{NavAppts|Tuesday, January 19, 1932, Issue 46034, p.7}}{{NLJan33|p. 267}}|end=22 June, 1933|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hilary Dorsett Owen|nick=Hilary D. Owen|appt=22 June, 1933|end=5 September, 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hilary Dorsett Owen|nick=Hilary D. Owen|appt=22 June, 1933|end=5 September, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Heathcote Powys Maurice|nick=Frank H. P. Maurice|appt=5 September, 1935|end=26 January, 1937}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Heathcote Powys Maurice|nick=Frank H. P. Maurice|appt=15 September, 1935<ref>Maurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/90.|}} f. 90.</ref>|end=26 January, 1937<ref>Maurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/90.|}} f. 90.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick William Growse|nick=Frederick W. Growse|appt=17 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 268}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick William Growse|nick=Frederick W. Growse|appt=17 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 268}}|end=8 February, 1939<ref>Harry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/277.|}} f. 359.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roy Carlton Harry|nick=Roy C. Harry|appt=8 February, 1939<ref>Harry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/277.|}} f. 359.</ref>|end=c. June 1939<ref>Harry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/277.|}} f. 359.</ref>|note=vice Growse}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fisher Renwick|nick=George F. Renwick|appt=20 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=16 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fisher Renwick|nick=George F. Renwick|appt=20 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=16 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Conway Benning Allen|nick=Conway B. Allen|appt=16 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Conway Benning Allen|nick=Conway B. Allen|appt=16 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}|end=October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3887}}}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:26, 16 June 2022

H.M.S. Rochester (1931)
Pendant Number: L50, later U50
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 16 Jul, 1931[2]
Commissioned: 24 Mar, 1932[3]
Broken up: 1951[4]
H.M.S. Rochester was one of eight Shoreham Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 24 March, 1932.[5]

Re-commissioned on 12 June, 1934 for service on the Africa Station.[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. 267.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 267.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 268.
  7. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, January 19, 1932, Issue 46034, p.7.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 267.
  9. Maurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/90. f. 90.
  10. Maurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/90. f. 90.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 268.
  12. Harry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/277. f. 359.
  13. Harry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/277. f. 359.
  14. Harry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/277. f. 359.
  15. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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  27. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Shoreham Class Sloop
  Bideford Fowey Rochester Shoreham  
  Dundee Falmouth Milford Weston