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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned on 16 September 1930 at Portsmouth to serve as flagship of the {{UK-CS|2}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|pp. 232-3}}
Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 2 April, 1935.{{NLJul37|p. 232}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Dorsetshire''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=September, 1930{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1931{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=9 June, 1930|end=13 April, 1931|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Power|nick=Arthur J. Power|appt=13 April, 1931<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}} f. 501.</ref>|end=August, 1933<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}} f. 501.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Power|nick=Arthur J. Power|appt=13 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 233}}<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}} f. 501.</ref>|end=August, 1933<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}} f. 501.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Tofield Makeig-Jones|nick=William T. Makeig-Jones|appt=July, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1935{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Tofield Makeig-Jones|nick=William T. Makeig-Jones|appt=25 July, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 232}}|end=2 April, 1935|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=April, 1935{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=2 April, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 231}}|end=July, 1937{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Reginald Barry|nick=Francis R. Barry|appt=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Reginald Barry|nick=Francis R. Barry|appt=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Augustine Willington Shelton Agar|nick=Augustine W. S. Agar|appt=August, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=5 April, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Augustus Willington Shelton Agar|nick=Augustus W. S. Agar|appt=August, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=5 April, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dorsetshire_(40)}}
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 7 February 2024

H.M.S. Dorsetshire (1929)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 21 Sep, 1927[2]
Launched: 29 Jan, 1929[3]
Completed: 30 Sep, 1930[4]
Sunk: 5 Apr, 1942[5]

H.M.S. Dorsetshire was one of two Norfolk Class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned on 16 September 1930 at Portsmouth to serve as flagship of the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet.[6]

Re-commissioned at Plymouth on 2 April, 1935.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 28.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). pp. 232-3.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 232.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 233.
  9. ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 501.
  10. ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 501.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 232.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 231.
  13. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Norfolk Class Cruiser
  Dorsetshire Norfolk  
<– York Class Major Cruisers (UK)  
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