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==Captains==
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Cornwall''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|nick=The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower|appt=July, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|nick=The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower|appt=11 July, 1927<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>|end=June, 1929<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Ninian Dowding|nick=Arthur N. Dowding|appt=June, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Ninian Dowding|nick=Arthur N. Dowding|appt=June, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1931{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=2 March, 1931<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=1 January, 1933<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=2 March, 1931<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=1 January, 1933<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>}}

Revision as of 20:29, 14 June 2016

H.M.S. Cornwall (1926)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 9 Oct, 1924[2]
Launched: 11 Mar, 1926[3]
Completed: 23 Jan, 1928[4]
Sunk: 5 May, 1942[5]

H.M.S. Cornwall was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  6. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  7. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  11. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  12. ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Kent Class Heavy Cruiser
Royal Navy
Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Kent Suffolk
Royal Australian Navy
  Australia Canberra  
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