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brp

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Ship Movements/Log
« on: 21 November 2022 12:38:27 am »

Wondering whether anyone can help or send me in the right direction. I am trying to find the movements or ships logs for HMS Shropshire and Cornwall but when searching www.naval-history.net they only show movements from 1939.
I am after movements as follows, but most particularly any visits to Gibraltar within these times:
Shropshire- 29th November 1934-25th December 1935.
Cornwall- 29th November 1937-16th March 1939
Any/all input very gratefully accepted.
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Re: Ship Movements/Log
« Reply #1 on: 22 November 2022 09:03:11 am »



Movements extracted from : Fleet Air Arm, Aircraft, Units and Ships 1920 – 1939 by Sturtivant and Crown

SHROPSHIRE
In November 1934 – at Sheerness
Dec – Portsmouth; sailed 20 Dec
24 Dec – 28 Jan 1935 – at Gibraltar
1 – 28 Feb – Malta
4 Mar – 8 Apr – Gibraltar
12 – 29 Apr – Malta
3 – 10 May – Limassol, Cyprus
13 May – 1 Jun – Malta
6 Jun – arr Portsmouth
7 Jun – arr Sheerness
10 Jul – sailed Sheerness
12 – 19 Jul – Spithead / Portland
23 – 27 Jul – Gibraltar
31 Jul – 29 Aug – Malta
9 – 15 Nov – Alexandria, Egypt
17 – 23 Nov – Malta
25 Nov – 15 Mar 1936 – Alexandria


CORNWALL
 
Nov 1937 – at Chatham; sailed 17 Dec
18 Dec – 1 Feb 1938 – Portsmouth; sailed 2 Feb
6 – 8 Feb – Gibraltar
10 – 11 Feb – Palma, Majorca
16 Feb – 2 Mar – St Tropez, France
2 – 8 Mar – Menton, France
9 – 10 Mar – Marseilles
12 – 25 Mar – Gibraltar
29 Mar – 10 May - Plymouth
11 – 26 May – Lamlash / Clyde
27  May – 8 Jun – Milford Haven
9 – 14 Jun – Torbay
14 Jun – 11 Jul – Portland
11 – 18 Jul – Deal
19 – 21 Jul – Rosyth
23 Jul – 6 Sep – Devonport
8 – 12 Sep – Oban
15 Sep – Plymouth
18 – 24 Sep – Invergordon
24 Sep – 10 Oct – Scapa Flow
11 Oct – 14 Nov – Rosyth
17 Nov – 8 Mar 1939 – Portsmouth
9 – 23 Mar – Sheerness/ Chatham
 


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Re: Ship Movements/Log
« Reply #2 on: 22 November 2022 09:30:09 am »

Wow! Thank you so much. I had nearly given up hope of ever tracing this information. You're a saviour since I would never have thought to investigate that broadly.
My final question on this for anyone is whether it is possible to ascertain whether Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse visited either of these ships whilst they were docked in Gibraltar? A very long shot I understand, but it seems as though there are some real experts on this site.
Thank you again sir.
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