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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Commissioned at Birkenhead on 29 November, 1930 under the command of Lt. Commander [[Walter Ernest Higham]].{{NLJul31|p. 260}} By early 1933, she was with {{UK-SF|3}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 261}} | Commissioned at Birkenhead on 29 November, 1930 under the command of Lt. Commander [[Walter Ernest Higham]].{{NLJul31|p. 260}} By early 1933, she was with {{UK-SF|3}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJan33|p. 261}} By mid-1937, the formation changed to the {{UK-SF|4}}.{{NLJul37|p. 263}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Phoenix''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Phoenix''" nat=UK> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Ernest Higham|nick=Walter E. Higham|appt=29 November, 1930{{NLJan33|p. 261}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Ernest Higham|nick=Walter E. Higham|appt=29 November, 1930{{NLJan33|p. 261}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Wentworth McCoy|nick=John W. McCoy|appt=27 November, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 263}}|end=}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 22 June 2018
| H.M.S. Phoenix (1929) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Launched: | 3 Oct, 1929 |
| Commissioned: | 29 Nov, 1930[1] |
| Sunk: | 16 Jul, 1940 |
| Fate: | by Italian Albatross |
H.M.S. Phoenix was one of six Parthian Class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned at Birkenhead on 29 November, 1930 under the command of Lt. Commander Walter Ernest Higham.[2] By early 1933, she was with Third Submarine Flotilla on the China Station.[3] By mid-1937, the formation changed to the Fourth Submarine Flotilla.[4]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter E. Higham, 29 November, 1930[5]
- Lieutenant-Commander John W. McCoy, 27 November, 1935[6]
See Also
Footnotes
| Parthian Class Submarine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pandora | Parthian | Perseus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phoenix | Poseidon | Proteus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Odin Class | Submarines (UK) | Rainbow Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
