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==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Penelope''" nat=UK>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Penelope''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerard Walter Trevelyan Robertson|nick=Gerard W. T. Robertson|appt=25 July, 1936<ref>Robertson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/111.|}} f. 468.</ref>|end=12 August, 1936<ref>Robertson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/111.|}} f. 468.</ref>|note=died in motor accident|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton|nick=FitzRoy E. P. Hutton|appt=25 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 262}}|end=25 August, 1939|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton|nick=FitzRoy E. P. Hutton|appt=25 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 262}}|end=25 August, 1939}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=12 September, 1940}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Douglas Yates|nick=Gerald D. Yates|appt=August, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=12 September, 1940}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (emergency)|name=Alan Moir Harris|nick=Alan M. Harris|appt=12 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=21 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (emergency)|name=Alan Moir Harris|nick=Alan M. Harris|appt=12 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=21 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Devereux Belben|nick=George D. Belben|appt=10 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=18 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Devereux Belben|nick=George D. Belben|appt=10 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|end=18 February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4007}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when vessel lost}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
Robertson was appointed in command upon her commissioning for trials, but died on 12 August.<ref>Robertson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/111.|}} f. 468.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:10, 24 August 2021

H.M.S. Penelope (1935)
Builder: Harland & Wolff[1]
Laid down: 30 May, 1934[2]
Launched: 15 Oct, 1935[3]
Completed: 13 Nov, 1936[4]
Torpedoed: 18 Feb, 1944
Fate: by U 410

H.M.S. Penelope was one of four Arethusa Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Construction & Service

As the new cruiser was nearing completion in June 1936, it was announced that Captain Gerard Walter Trevelyan Robertson would be first in her command.[5] However, he died in a motor vehicle accident on 12 August and so FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton was designated as their first captain.

Commissioned on 12 November, 1936 for service with the Third Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet.[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. ↑ "Command of the Penelope." The Times (London, England), 10 June 1936, p. 11.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 262.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 262.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


Arethusa Class Light Cruiser
  Arethusa Aurora Galatea Penelope  
<– Leander Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Southampton Class –>


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