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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=January, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|ass=March, 1932<ref>Inferred from Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=January, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|ass=March, 1932<ref>Inferred from Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=15 August, 1934<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>|end=11 October, 1937<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Fraser|nick=The Hon. George Fraser|appt=15 August, 1934<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>|end=11 October, 1937<ref>Fraser Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/346.|D7576692}} f. 344.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Francis John Onslow|nick=Richard F. J. Onslow|appt=May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship sank}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Francis John Onslow|nick=Richard F. J. Onslow|appt=May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship sank}} | ||
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Revision as of 19:08, 29 June 2017
| H.M.S. Hermes (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 95 (Jun 1920)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong[2] |
| Laid down: | 15 Jan, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 11 Sep, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | Feb, 1924[5] |
| Sunk: | 9 Apr, 1942[6] |
| Fate: | Air Attack |
H.M.S. Hermes was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1924, being the first ship designed from the outset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.
Service
The ship succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain The Hon. Arthur Stopford, 20 February, 1923[7] – July, 1925[8]
- Captain Cecil P. Talbot, 15 July, 1925[9] – 17 August, 1926[10]
- Captain Ralph Eliot, 25 July, 1926[11] – 2 December, 1927[12]
- Captain Geoffrey Hopwood, December, 1927[13] – January, 1929[14]
- Captain James D. Campbell, January, 1929[15] – October, 1930[16]
- Captain Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, October, 1930[17] – March, 1932[18]
- Commander Francis R. Baxter, 27 December, 1931[19] (temporary, pending Mackenzie's arrival)
- Captain William B. Mackenzie, January, 1932[20] – September, 1933[21]
- Captain The Hon. George Fraser, 15 August, 1934[22] – 11 October, 1937[23]
- Captain FitzRoy E. P. Hutton, August, 1939[24] – May, 1940[25]
- Captain Richard F. J. Onslow, May, 1940[26] – April, 1942[27] (killed when ship sank)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 53.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 245.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ Eliot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/15. f. 15.
- ↑ Eliot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/15. f. 15.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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