Editing Lord Mountbatten (section)

== Interwar period ==
[[File:Edward VIII with his staff in Japan 1922.jpg|thumb|Prince Edward with his staff all wearing kimono during the Pacific visit to Japan in 1922. (Mountbatten standing, first from left). The [[Rising Sun Flag]] in the background.]]
Mountbatten was posted to the battlecruiser {{HMS|Renown|1916|6}} in March 1920 and accompanied [[Edward VIII|Edward, Prince of Wales]], on a royal tour of Australia in her.<ref name=heath184/> He was promoted lieutenant on 15 April 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32461 |date=20 September 1921 |page=7384}}</ref> HMS&nbsp;''Renown'' returned to Portsmouth on 11 October 1920.<ref name="Ziegler 1985, p59">{{Harvp|Ziegler|1985|p=59}}</ref> Early in 1921 Royal Navy personnel were used for civil defence duties as [[Triple Alliance (1914)#The Post-War Triple Alliance|serious industrial unrest]] seemed imminent. Mountbatten had to command a platoon of stokers, many of whom had never handled a rifle before, in [[Northern England]].<ref name="Ziegler 1985, p59"/> He transferred to the battlecruiser {{HMS|Repulse|1916|6}} in March 1921 and accompanied the Prince of Wales on a Royal tour of India and Japan.<ref name=heath184/><ref>{{Harvp|Ziegler|1985|p=60}} states that he actually joined HMS ''Repulse'' on 25 June 1921</ref> [[Edward VIII|Edward]] and Mountbatten formed a close friendship during the trip.<ref name=heath184/> Mountbatten survived the deep defence cuts known as the [[Geddes Axe]]. Fifty-two percent of the officers of his year had had to leave the Royal Navy by the end of 1923; although he was highly regarded by his superiors, it was rumoured that wealthy and well-connected officers were more likely to be retained.<ref>{{Harvp|Ziegler|1985|p=73}}</ref> Mountbatten was posted to the battleship {{HMS|Revenge|06|6}} in the [[Mediterranean Fleet]] in January 1923.<ref name=heath184/>

Pursuing his interests in technological development and gadgetry, Mountbatten joined the Portsmouth Signals School in August 1924 and then went on briefly to study electronics at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]].<ref name=heath184/> Mountbatten became a Member of the [[Institution of Electrical Engineers]] (IEE), now the [[Institution of Engineering and Technology]] (IET).<ref name="medal">{{cite web |url=http://conferences.theiet.org/achievement/senior/mountbatten.cfm |title=Mountbatten Medal |publisher=IET |access-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027032009/http://conferences.theiet.org/achievement/senior/mountbatten.cfm |archive-date=27 October 2012 }}</ref> He was posted to the battleship {{HMS|Centurion|1911|6}} in the [[Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)|Reserve Fleet]] in 1926 and became Assistant Fleet Wireless and Signals Officer of the Mediterranean Fleet under the command of Admiral [[Sir Roger Keyes]] in January 1927.<ref name=heath184/> Promoted [[Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)|lieutenant commander]] on 15 April 1928,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33378|date=24 April 1928|page=2900}}</ref> Mountbatten returned to the Signals School in July 1929 as Senior Wireless Instructor.<ref name=heath184/> He was appointed Fleet Wireless Officer to the [[Mediterranean Fleet]] in August 1931 and, having been promoted [[commander]] on 31 December 1932,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33899 |date=3 January 1933 |page=48}}</ref> was posted to the battleship {{HMS|Resolution|09|6}}.<ref name=heath184/>

In 1934, Mountbatten was appointed to his first command – the destroyer {{HMS|Daring|H16|6}}.<ref name=heath184/> His ship was a new destroyer, which he was to sail to Singapore and exchange for an older ship, {{HMS|Wishart|D67|6}}.<ref name=heath184/> He successfully brought ''Wishart'' back to port in Malta and then attended the [[funeral of George V]] in January 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34279 |date=29 April 1936 |page=2785 |supp=y}}</ref> Mountbatten was appointed a personal naval [[aide-de-camp]] to [[King Edward VIII]] on 23 June 1936<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34296 |date=19 June 1936 |page=4012 |supp=y}}</ref> and, having joined the Naval Air Division of the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] in July 1936,<ref name="Zuckerman">{{harvp|Zuckerman|1981|pp=354–366}}</ref> he attended the [[coronation of George VI and Elizabeth]] in May 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34453|date=10 November 1937|page=7049 |supp=y}}</ref> Mountbatten was promoted [[Captain (Royal Navy)|captain]] on 30 June 1937<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34414 |date=2 July 1937 |page=4247}}</ref> and was then given command of the destroyer {{HMS|Kelly|F01|6}} in June 1939.<ref name=heath185>{{harvp|Heathcote|2002|p=185}}.</ref>

Within the Admiralty, Mountbatten was called "The Master of Disaster" for his penchant of getting into messes.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/08/13/exit-wounds|title=Exit Wounds|first=Pankaj|last=Mishra|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=6 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706122849/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/08/13/070813crbo_books_mishra?currentPage=3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/books/article/Indian-Summer-by-Alex-von-Tunzelmann-1572367.php|title=Indian Summer by Alex von Tunzelmann|first=Fritz|last=Lanham|date=5 August 2007|website=Chron|access-date=10 April 2021|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410100442/https://www.chron.com/entertainment/books/article/Indian-Summer-by-Alex-von-Tunzelmann-1572367.php|url-status=live}}</ref>