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HMS Kent Laid Down : 15th November 1924 Launched : 16th March 1926 Completed : 22nd June 1928 Type : Cruiser Class : Kent Builder : Chatham Country : UK Pennants : 54 Fate : Scrapped January 1948 | |
His Majesty’s Dockyard Chatham launched this County class heavy cruiser on 16 March 1926 and she entered service in the Royal Navy on 25 June 1928 as flagship of the 5th Cruiser Squadron on the China Station. In 1937, she returned to Chatham and underwent a major refit, which included increasing her armour. After the refit she returned to the Far East in 1938. In December 1939 she transferred to the 4th Cruiser Squadron, to perform anti-raider patrols in the East Indies and then moved to escort troop convoys in the Indian Ocean early in 1940, and then joined the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet. On 17 September a torpedo from Italian torpedo bombers hit KENT in the stern. Extensive repairs at Devonport Dockyard followed, before she joined the 1st Cruiser Squadron, part of the Home Fleet, to escort convoys to North Russia, where she remained until late in 1944. |
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His Majesty’s Dockyard Chatham launched this County class heavy cruiser on 16 March 1926 and she entered service in the Royal Navy on 25 June 1928 as flagship of the 5th Cruiser Squadron on the China Station. In 1937, she returned to Chatham and underwent a major refit, which included increasing her armour. After the refit she returned to the Far East in 1938. In December 1939 she transferred to the 4th Cruiser Squadron, to perform anti-raider patrols in the East Indies and then moved to escort troop convoys in the Indian Ocean early in 1940. | |
Following the declaration of war by Italy, she joined the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet. On 17 August 1940 KENT and twelve destroyers carried out a bombardment of Italian positions around the fortress of Bardia. In September 1940 KENT and several other ships attacked the harbour of Benghazi; while returning to base from this attack KENT and two destroyers were detached to bombard Bardia. During the night of 17 September a torpedo from Italian torpedo bombers hit KENT in the stern. The destroyers towed her back to base at Alexandria with great difficulty, where she underwent temporary repairs at Alexandria to allow her to return to the United Kingdom. | |
Extensive repairs at Devonport Dockyard followed, completed in time for her to recommission in September 1941 when she joined the 1st Cruiser Squadron, part of the Home Fleet, to escort convoys to North Russia, where she remained until late in 1944. On 12 November 1944, with the light cruiser BELLONA and four destroyers she intercepted a German convoy south east of Egersund, Norway. The cruisers and destroyers sank two of the freighters and all but one of the escorts. | |
At the end of 1944 KENT was collided with a tanker. After repairs on Clydeside, she remained at Gareloch as Reserve Fleet flagship. In October 1946 she moved to Chatham to act as flagship of the reserve fleet there. During the summer, 1947, she took part in target trials. Finally she arrived at Troon on 31 January 1948 for scrapping by West of Scotland Shipbreakers. |
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HMS Kent | HMS Kent, 1942. | HMS Kent photographed at Wei Hai Wei in 1928 |
Timeline Entries : | |||
15th November 1924 - Laid down at Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 15th November 1924 - Laid down at Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, UK) 16th March 1926 - Pennant 54 16th March 1926 - Pennant 54 16th March 1926 - Launched 16th March 1926 - Launched 25th June 1928 - Commissioned 25th June 1928 - Flagship of the 5th Cruiser Squadron on the China Station 25th June 1928 - Commissioned 5th February 1932 - Arrived Shanghai from Manila 18th April 1932 - Sailed Shanghai for Hong Kong 20th April 1932 - Arrived Hong Kong 27th February 1933 - Arrived Hong Kong 13th April 1933 - Arrived Amoy 19th April 1933 - Arrived Min River 20th April 1933 - Sailed Pagoda Anchorage for Wusung 21st April 1933 - Arrived Chinkiang 24th April 1933 - Arrived Nanking 28th July 1933 - Arrived Chefoo 31st July 1933 - Sailed Chefoo for Chinwanghtao 4th November 1933 - Arrived Shanghai 9th January 1934 - Sailed Hong Kong for Singapore 14th January 1934 - Arrived Singapore 15th January 1934 - Arrived Singapore 31st January 1934 - Relinquished Flagship of Admiral Dreyer 9th February 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Penang 10th February 1934 - Arrived Penang 15th February 1934 - Capt. A.U. Willis in Command 15th February 1934 - Sailed Penang for Colombo 15th February 1934 - Sailed Penang 19th February 1934 - Arrived Colombo 20th February 1934 - Arived Colombo 21st February 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 22nd February 1934 - Sailed Colombo 1st March 1934 - Arrived Aden 2nd March 1934 - Sailed Aden 7th March 1934 - Transit Suez 7th March 1934 - Arrived Port Said 8th March 1934 - Sailed Port Said 11th March 1934 - Arrived Malta 13th March 1934 - Sailed Malta 14th March 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar and sailed for Sheerness 17th March 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar and sailed for Sheerness 22nd March 1934 - Arrived Sheerness 23rd March 1934 - Arrived Chatham 26th March 1934 - Arrived Bale d'Along and sailed for Hong Kong 20th May 1934 - Capt. Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower Assumed Command 20th May 1934 - Capt. Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower Assumed Command 25th May 1934 - Recommissioned at Chatham as Flagship of the China Station 25th May 1934 - Paid off and recommissioned at Chatham 4th June 1934 - Capt. I.B.B. Tower in Command 4th June 1934 - Sailed Chatham for the China Station 4th June 1934 - Arrived Sheerness 6th June 1934 - Sailed Chatham for the China Station 6th June 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 6th June 1934 - Sailed Sheerness 6th June 1934 - Anchored off Portsmouth 8th June 1934 - Sailed Portsmouth 12th June 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 12th June 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 14th June 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 16th June 1934 - Arrived Malta 18th June 1934 - Arrived Malta 20th June 1934 - Sailed Malta 24th June 1934 - Traversed Suez 29th June 1934 - Arrived Aden 30th June 1934 - Sailed Aden 7th July 1934 - Arrived Colombo 9th July 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 9th July 1934 - Sailed Colombo 15th July 1934 - Arrived Singapore 1st September 1934 - Assumed Flagship of Sir Frederic Dreyer 19th October 1934 - 5th Cruiser Squadron 20th October 1934 - Sailed Wei Hai Wei for Woosung 21st October 1934 - Sailed Wei Hai Wei for Tsingtao 21st October 1934 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Frederick Dreyer 3rd November 1934 - Arrived kobe 23rd November 1934 - Arrived Takao 25th November 1934 - Sailed Takao 4th December 1934 - At Hong Kong 15th March 1935 - Arrived Saigon 23rd March 1935 - Sailed Saigon for Bai D'Halong 9th April 1935 - Sailed Hong Kong for Yokohama 15th April 1935 - Sailed Yokohama for Matsushima 22nd April 1935 - Arrived Yokohama 27th April 1935 - Sailed Yokohama 24th May 1935 - Sailed Hankow 31st July 1935 - Arrived Chefoo 11th February 1936 - Arrived Sandakan 22nd April 1936 - Arrived Amoy 12th May 1936 - Arrived Shanghai 27th May 1936 - Capt. J.B.B. Tower in Command 27th May 1936 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 27th May 1936 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Frederick Dreyer 27th May 1936 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 27th July 1936 - Sailed Chefoo for Dairon 24th October 1936 - Arrived Hong KOng December 1936 - Capt. Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower Relinquished Command December 1936 - Capt. Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower Relinquished Command 7th April 1938 - Capt. Leslie Haliburton Ashmore, RN Assumed Command 12th September 1939 - Capt. Douglas Young-Jamieson, RN Assumed Command 12th September 1939 - Capt. Leslie Haliburton Ashmore, RN Relinquished Command 22nd March 1940 - Completed refit at Colombo 15th September 1940 - Sailed Alexandria 16th September 1940 - Arrived off Crete 24th February 1941 - Cdr. (retired) John Henry Venville, RN Assumed Command 24th February 1941 - Capt. Douglas Young-Jamieson, RN Relinquished Command 15th May 1941 - Capt. Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame-Graham, RN Assumed Command 15th May 1941 - Cdr. (retired) John Henry Venville, RN Relinquished Command 7th July 1943 - Capt. Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame-Graham, RN Relinquished Command 7th July 1943 - Capt. Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins, DSC, RN Assumed Command January 1945 - Capt. (retired) Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield, RN Assumed Command January 1945 - Capt. Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins, DSC, RN Relinquished Command 8th September 1945 - Capt. (retired) Philip Hugh Calderon, RN Assumed Command 8th September 1945 - Capt. (retired) Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield, RN Relinquished Command October 1945 - Capt. (retired) Philip Hugh Calderon, RN Relinquished Command 1946 - Placed into reserve 22nd January 1948 - Decommissioned 22nd January 1948 - Sold to BISCO 31st January 1948 - Arrived Troon |
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