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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Neptune''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Neptune''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
Completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 24 February, 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 257}}
Completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 24 February, 1934.  By mid-1934, she was serving with the {{UK-CS|2}} of the [[Home Fleet]],{{NLJul34|p. 257}} remaining there until at least mid-1937.{{NLJul37|p. 257}}


''Neptune'' sank after striking four mines in the Mediterranean.  Only one man survived in the end.
''Neptune'' sank after striking four mines in the Mediterranean.  Only one man survived in the end.
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Latest revision as of 14:17, 9 July 2022

H.M.S. Neptune (1933)
Pendant Number: 20
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 24 Sep, 1931[2]
Launched: 31 Jan, 1933[3]
Completed: 23 Feb, 1934[4]
Sunk: 19 Dec, 1941

H.M.S. Neptune was one of five Leander Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 24 February, 1934. By mid-1934, she was serving with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet,[5] remaining there until at least mid-1937.[6]

Neptune sank after striking four mines in the Mediterranean. Only one man survived in the end.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 257.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 257.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 256.
  8. ↑ Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  9. ↑ Morse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/122. f. 123.
  10. ↑ O'Conor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/120. f. 120.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Leander Class Light Cruiser
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