Hi,
I am new to this forum, so bear with me please if I don't do things quite right.

I wondered whether anyone could tell me where HMS Revenge would have been on May 1st 1927? A relative of mine was on board at this time.

Thank you,
Harlequin.

Apparently in 1927 H.M.S. Revenge was Flagship of the Atlantic fleet. I can't tell you exactly on 1st May, but Kings College might be able to. This page of theirs relates to someone else who also served on board Revenge in 1927:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/cats/beaufoybrown/be20-0.htm

Thank you Siberian Fox - I do already have this but wondered if anyone knew of a more exact position at this time. I guess I'll just keep on searching. It's just a matter of curiosity really, as that date was my relative's death on board.

Kind regards
Harlequin.

Ah, I think I can see who you are talking about from the Royal Navy casualties lists on naval-history.net. Unfortunately they don't seem to have online detailed ship movements from the inter-war period. I think there is a project there to put all the Royal Navy's ship movements online though. Perhaps the webmaster of that site might be able to point you in the right direction as to where to find HMS Revenge's full service history?

Alternatively you could search for the activities of the 2nd Battle[ship] Squadron in 1927. Perhaps in the national archives.

There is this document:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cata ... tails=True
Scope and content Ship: HMS REVENGE Remarks: ROYAL SOVEREIGN Class battleship, launched 1915

Possibly of use? The description doesn't give much detail, but "Ships' Books" sounds promising.

I was in the Liddel Hart centre the other day. They chastised me for not 'scheduling an appointment' before showing up.

I thought I would let you know that apparently the 'Revenge' was in Belize when my relative died. This information has only come to me this week and it may interest others as well as me.
Thank you all for your help and interest.

Thank you for the update harlequin. Was it another crew member or relative that was able to provide the information, or did you locate it in a book/document (and if so - out of interest - what/where was it)?