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HMS Devonshire Laid Down : 16th March 1926 Launched : 22nd October 1927 Completed : 18th March 1929 Type : Cruiser Class : London Builder : Devonport Country : UK Pennants : 39, C186 BPF, C39 Fate : Scrapped 1954 | |
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His Majesty’s Dockyard Devonport launched this County class heavy cruiser on 22 October 1927 and she entered service in the Royal Navy on 18 March 1929 DEVONSHIRE served with the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean until 1932, on the China Station until 1933, and the Mediterranean again until 1939. She participated in the Norwegian campaign, and evacuated the Norwegian Royal Family from Norway on 6 June 1940, two months after Germany invaded the country. She was part of the force for the raid on Dakar in August 1940, searched for the enemy German raider KORMORAN in the South Atlantic, and served with the Home Fleet off Norway and Russia until September 1941. | |
On November 21, 1941, DEVONSHIRE, with the help of her Supermarine Walrus observation plane located and then sunk a German merchant raider, the auxiliary cruiser ATLANTIS. She then participated in the assault on Madagascar in May 1942, served with the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean until May 1943, underwent a refit until March 1944, served with the Home Fleet off Norway. After the war she became a training ship for young officers in 1947. DEVONSHIRE arrived at Newport on 12 December 1954 to be broken up by Cashmore's |
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HMS Devonshire, July 1935. | HMS Devonshire, May 1937. | HMS Devonshire pictured c.1930s | HMS Devonshire, 1936. |
Timeline Entries : | |||
16th March 1926 - Laid down at Devonport Dockyard 22nd October 1927 - Launched 22nd October 1927 - Pennant Number 39 18th March 1929 - Commissioned 7th January 1932 - Sailed Malta 8th January 1932 - Arrived Port Augusta 10th January 1932 - At Augusta 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 14th February 1932 - Sailed Malta for Far East 17th February 1932 - Arrived Port Said and sailed for Suez 16th April 1932 - Sailed Hong Kong for Amoy 17th April 1932 - Arrived Amoy 1st October 1932 - Capt. D. B. LeMottee in Command 1st October 1932 - On loan to China Staion in place of HMS Berwick 1st October 1932 - 5th Cruiser Squadron, China Station 1st October 1932 - 1st Cruiser Squadron. Mediterranean Fleet 1st October 1932 - Capt. D. B. Le Mottee in Command 10th February 1933 - Sailed Penang for Colombo 2nd March 1933 - Arrived Suez and sailed for Port Said 28th March 1933 - Sailed Polensa for Vado 30th March 1933 - Arrived Vado 12th April 1933 - Arrived St. Raphael 12th April 1933 - Arrived San Raphael 24th April 1933 - Sailed St. Raphael 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 12th October 1933 - Arrived Navarin 21st October 1933 - Sailed Navarin 23rd October 1933 - Arrived Malta 11th December 1933 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 2nd February 1934 - Recommissioned at Plymouth for the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean 2nd February 1934 - Capt. H. Fitzherbert Assumed Command 10th February 1934 - Out of Dockyard hands at Plymouth 19th February 1934 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 23rd February 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 17th April 1934 - Capt. H. Fitzherbert in Command 20th April 1934 - Assumed Flagship of Rear-Admiral J.K. im Thurn 24th April 1934 - Assumed Flagship of Rear-Admiral J.K. im Thurn 27th June 1934 - Sailed Malta for Summer Cruise 9th July 1934 - Sailed Argostoli 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 31st August 1934 - Arrived Valona 10th September 1934 - Arrived Trieste 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th January 1935 - Sailed Constanza 8th April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 11th April 1935 - Arrived Malta 3rd May 1935 - Arrived Larnaca 10th May 1935 - Sailed Larnaca 14th May 1935 - Arrived Malta 15th June 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar from Malta 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 31st July 1935 - Arrived Malta 2nd March 1936 - Arrived Malta 28th July 1936 - Arrived Valencia 3rd November 1936 - Commissioned 12th January 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 29th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 5th April 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar 8th April 1937 - Arrived Valencia 8th April 1937 - Arrived Valencia 22nd April 1937 - Arrived Malta 22nd May 1937 - Arrived Plymouth 9th June 1937 - Sailed Plymouth 13th June 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th June 1937 - Arrived Malta January 1938 - 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean 28th March 1938 - Arrived Malta 16th January 1939 - Sailed Malta for Eastern Area 18th January 1939 - Arrived Palma 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Marseilles 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Marseilles 23rd January 1939 - Arrived Caldetas 6th March 1939 - Sailed Marseilles for Gandia 18th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 21st March 1939 - Arrived Monte Carlo 28th March 1939 - Sailed Monte Carlo 28th March 1939 - Arrived Bordighera 29th March 1939 - Arrived Santa Margherita 4th April 1939 - Sailed Santa Marguerita for Malta 4th April 1939 - Sailed Bordighero 6th April 1939 - Arrived Malta 6th April 1939 - Arived Malta 31st July 1939 - Sailed Malta for Limasol 14th August 1939 - Sailed Limasol for Alexandria 3rd September 1939 - At Alexandria 3rd September 1939 - 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet 11th October 1939 - Sailed Alexandria for Malta 13th October 1939 - Arrived malta for repairs to her rudder 21st October 1939 - Repairs completed 24th October 1939 - Sailed Malta for Alexandria 26th October 1939 - Arrived Alexandria 3rd November 1939 - Sailed Alexandria 7th November 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 8th November 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 11th November 1939 - Arrived Plymouth for repairs 21st November 1939 - Completed repairs at Plymouth 22nd November 1939 - Arrived at the Clyde for duty with the Home Fleet 25th November 1939 - Reported being shadowed by German aircraft 29th November 1939 - Sweeping north off the Norwegian coast 1st December 1939 - Patrolling 62°N between Norway and the Shetlands 3rd December 1939 - On patrol to the northeast of the Shetlands 4th December 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe en route to the Clyde 6th December 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde from Loch Ewe 9th December 1939 - Sailed the Clyde to relieve Berwick on Northern Patrol 12th December 1939 - On Northern Patrol patrolled in 53.55N, 25.00W 15th December 1939 - Was 480 miles W by N of Malin Head 22nd December 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 22nd December 1939 - Arrived at Scapa Flow from Northern Patrol, refuelled, and left again that same day for the Patrol 2nd January 1940 - Sailed the Clyde on Northern Patrol 3rd January 1940 - Arrived the Clyde 9th January 1940 - Arrived Rosyth from Northern Patrol for de-magnetization 18th January 1940 - After undergoing alterations, departed Rosyth for Northern Patrol 19th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 27th January 1940 - On Northern patrol 2nd February 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde from northern patrol 7th February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Northern Patrol 9th February 1940 - Brought in Norwegian steamer Trafalgarfor for investigation. She was later boarded and released. 11th February 1940 - Intercepted Norwegian steamer Borglandand requested a trawler to take her in to Kirkwall. 20th February 1940 - Arrived Greenock 22nd February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Rosyth 22nd February 1940 - Arrived Rosyth. 15th March 1940 - Sailed Rosyth for for patrol in the Denmark Strait 10th June 1944 - Sailed Scapa Flow 2nd May 1945 - Arrived Scapa Flow 5th August 1945 - Sailed Sydney 27th February 1948 - Sailed Kingston for Belize 2nd March 1948 - Arrived Belize 12th June 1948 - Arrived Stockholm 12th June 1948 - Capt. St. John Cronyn 19th June 1948 - Sailed Stockholm 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 1954 - Sold and broken up |
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