![]() On 19 September 1938 she became the flagship of Rear Admiral JDH Cunningham CB MVO RN, and wore his flag until. On 10 November 1937 Shropshire again commissioned for Mediterranean service. HMS Shropshire prior to her transfer to the RAN. The cruiser remained with the 1st Cruiser Squadron until 1937 when she returned to England for a refit lasting four months. Shropshire remained in the Mediterranean throughout the Abyssinian War (1935-36) and Spanish Civil War, playing a leading part in the evacuation of refugees from Barcelona (22 August to 16 September 1936). By Christmas 1934 Shropshire was again back in the Mediterranean to begin her third period with the 1st Cruiser Squadron. Two and a half years of uneventful routine Mediterranean service ended at Chatham on 28 November 1934 when she again paid off. In April 1932 Shropshire returned to England, paid off at Chatham on 4 April and after recommissioning the following day, returned to the Mediterranean for her second tour of duty with the Mediterranean Fleet, arriving at Gibraltar on 29 April 1932. She began her service career when she left England on 9 November 1929 to join the 1st Cruiser Squadron as a unit of the Mediterranean Fleet where she spent most of the following two years. HMS Shropshire, the first ship of the name in the Royal Navy, commissioned on 24 September 1929 under the command of Captain RW Oldham OBE RN.
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