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− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (A '''I''', ''Fr., Sp.'')|name=John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald|nick=John U. P. Fitzgerald|appt=24 September, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 298}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (A '''I''', ''Fr., Sp.'')|name=John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald|nick=John U. P. Fitzgerald|appt=24 September, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 298}}|end=9 October, 1937{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John William Ashley Waller|nick=John W. A. Waller|appt=9 October, 1937{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}|end=16 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=John Augustine Collins|nick=John A. Collins|appt=16 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}|end=14 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Joseph Burnett|nick=Joseph Burnett|appt=14 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}|end=19 November, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1223}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when ship sunk under his command}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:50, 22 February 2021
H.M.A.S. Sydney (1934) | |
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Builder: | Swan Hunter[1] |
Laid down: | 8 Jul, 1933[2] |
Launched: | 22 Sep, 1934[3] |
Completed: | 24 Sep, 1935[4] |
Sunk: | 19 Nov, 1941 |
H.M.A.S. Sydney was one of three Perth Class light cruisers which served in the Royal Australian Navy.
Service
Commissioned on 24 September, 1935.[5]
Captains
- Captain (A I, Fr., Sp.) John U. P. Fitzgerald, 24 September, 1935[6] – 9 October, 1937[Inference]
- Captain John W. A. Waller, 9 October, 1937[7] – 16 November, 1939[8]
- Captain John A. Collins, 16 November, 1939[9] – 14 May, 1941[10]
- Captain Joseph Burnett, 14 May, 1941[11] – 19 November, 1941[12] (died when ship sunk under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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