H.M.S. Pandora (1929)
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Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
Launched: | 22 Aug, 1929 |
Commissioned: | 23 May, 1930[1] |
Sunk: | 1 Apr, 1942 |
Fate: | by Italian aircraft |
H.M.S. Pandora was one of six Parthian Class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned at Barrow on 23 May, 1930.[2] By early 1933, she was at the China Station,[3] and by mid-1937 if not earlier, operating there with the Fourth Submarine Flotilla.[4]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Andrew L. Besant, 30 January, 1930[5] – February, 1931
- Lieutenant-Commander William D. Stephens, 9 February, 1931[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gerald G. Slade, August, 1932[7]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert W. Peers, August, 1936[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 258.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 260.
- ↑ "New Submarine Command." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jan 16, 1930; pg. 5; Issue 45412.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 258.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 260.
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