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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=15 October, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 257}}|end=July, | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=15 October, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 257}}|end=12 July, 1937<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=12 July, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=17 July, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary, Vivian being sick}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Stanley Sandford|nick=Cecil S. Sandford|appt=12 July, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|end=17 July, 1937<ref>Sandford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/319.|D7605074}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary, Vivian being sick}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Guy Protheroe Vivian|nick=John G. P. Vivian|appt=17 July, 1937<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|end=12 May, 1939<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/54.|}} f. 56.</ref>|note=vice Sandford}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Figgins|nick=James Figgins|appt=26 July, 1939<ref>Figgins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/162.|D8116283}} f. 162.</ref>|end=15 August, 1940<ref>Figgins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/162.|D8116283}} f. 162.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Figgins|nick=James Figgins|appt=26 July, 1939<ref>Figgins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/162.|D8116283}} f. 162.</ref>|end=15 August, 1940<ref>Figgins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/162.|D8116283}} f. 162.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=15 August, 1940|end=1 March, 1942}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Arthur Aylmer|nick=Edward A. Aylmer|appt=15 August, 1940|end=1 March, 1942}} | ||
Latest revision as of 15:56, 24 May 2022
| H.M.S. Newcastle (1936) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne[1] |
| Laid down: | 4 Oct, 1934[2] |
| Launched: | 23 Jan, 1936[3] |
| Completed: | 5 Mar, 1937[4] |
| Broken up: | 1959 |
H.M.S. Newcastle was one of five Southampton Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned on 5 March, 1937.[5]
Captains
- Captain John G. P. Vivian, 15 October, 1936[6] – 12 July, 1937[7]
- Captain Cecil S. Sandford, 12 July, 1937[8] – 17 July, 1937[9] (temporary, Vivian being sick)
- Captain John G. P. Vivian, 17 July, 1937[10] – 12 May, 1939[11] (vice Sandford)
- Captain James Figgins, 26 July, 1939[12] – 15 August, 1940[13]
- Captain Edward A. Aylmer, 15 August, 1940 – 1 March, 1942
- Captain Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett, 15 February, 1942[14] – 8 May, 1944[15]
- Captain James G. Roper, April, 1944[16] – April, 1945[17]
- Captain Stuart H. Paton, November, 1947[18] – 1949[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 257.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
- ↑ Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/54. f. 56.
- ↑ Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/162. f. 162.
- ↑ Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/162. f. 162.
- ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/180. f. 180.
- ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/180. f. 180.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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