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==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederick C. Bradley|appt=15 February, 1939<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|end=14 December, 1939<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=15 February, 1939<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|end=14 December, 1939<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=December, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=December, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Webb Faulkner|nick=Hugh W. Faulkner|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=2 May, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Webb Faulkner|nick=Hugh W. Faulkner|appt=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=2 May, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}

Revision as of 21:16, 9 December 2017

H.M.S. Edinburgh (1938)
Builder: Swan Hunter[1]
Laid down: 30 Dec, 1936[2]
Launched: 31 Mar, 1938[3]
Completed: 6 Jul, 1939[4]
Sunk: 2 May, 1942[5]

H.M.S. Edinburgh was one of two Edinburgh Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 32.
  6. Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  7. Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Edinburgh Class Light Cruiser
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