H.M.S. Southampton (1936)

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H.M.S. Southampton (1936)
Builder: John Brown & Company[1]
Laid down: 21 Nov, 1934[2]
Launched: 10 Mar, 1936[3]
Completed: 6 Mar, 1937[4]
Commissioned: 6 Mar, 1937[5]
Bombed: 11 Jan, 1941
Fate: scuttled

H.M.S. Southampton was one of five Southampton Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned on 6 March, 1937.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 31.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 276.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 276.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 276.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Jeans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/4. f. 4.
  10. Jeans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/4. f. 4.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Southampton Class Light Cruiser
Birmingham Glasgow Newcastle Sheffield Southampton
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