H.M.S. Dunoon (1919)
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| Pendant Number: | T.57 (Jun 1919) N.3A (Nov 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Clyde Shipbuilding Company[2] |
| Ordered: | mid 1917[3] |
| Launched: | 21 Mar, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | 27 Jun, 1919[5] |
| Mined: | 30 Apr, 1940[6] |
H.M.S. Dunoon was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
She proceeded from Glasgow to Devonport on 25 June 1919[7] and commissioned directly into the hands of a C. & M. Party at Devonport on 27 June, 1919.[8]
On 25 March 1922, was towed from Harwich to Chatham under the tow of Alliance.[9] In late 1925, she and Albury and Pangbourne were three of twelve minesweepers in the Central Reserve at Sheerness selected for foreign service which would be fitted out for hot weather to accommodate senior officers.[10]
Lt. Cdr. William Vesey Hamilton Harris commissioned her on 22 March, 1927 for service in the First Minesweeping Flotilla.[11]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 14 August, 1936.[12]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander William V. H. Harris, 22 March, 1927[13] – 23 April, 1928
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas A. Jolliffe, 23 April, 1928[14][15] – 30 September, 1929[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles V. S. J. Marsden, 30 September, 1929[17]
- Commander George D. Moore, 15 February, 1932[18]
- Commander Phillip L. Gunn, 6 January, 1934[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Guy N. Rolfe, 31 August, 1935[20][21] – 1 September, 1936[22]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh A. Barclay, 21 August, 1939[23] – 30 April, 1940[24] (killed when ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "A" denotes Answer pendant here. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 764.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 28, 1919; pg. 17; Issue 42138.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 235.
- ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 28, 1922; pg. 22; Issue 42991.
- ↑ "Minesweepers for Foreign Service." The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 06, 1925; pg. 7; Issue 44112.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
- ↑ Jolliffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/60. f. 60.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
- ↑ Jolliffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/60. f. 60.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 234.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 234.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 236.
- ↑ Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 236.
- ↑ Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. 113.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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