H.M.S. Hawkins (1917)
H.M.S. Hawkins (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | 8A (Jul 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[2] |
Ordered: | Dec, 1915[3] |
Laid down: | 3 Jun, 1916[4] |
Launched: | 1 Oct, 1917[5] |
Commissioned: | 24 Jul, 1919[6] |
Sold: | 26 Aug, 1947[7] |
Fate: | Scrapped |
Service
Hawkins was commissioned on 23 July, 1919 and became the flagship on the China Station, first flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Alexander L. Duff.
She was re-commissioned for continued service on the China Station as flagship on 21 April, 1921.[8]
Hawkins was re-commissioned at Singapore on 30 June, 1923 and became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief, China Station Sir Allan F. Everett.[9]
She was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 3 February, 1926 to continue her function as a component of Fifth Cruiser Squadron and as flagship of the C-in-C.[10]
Paid off into Dockyard Control on 12 November, 1928.[11]
Re-commissioned in reserve at Portsmouth on 5 May, 1931.[12] She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 September, 1932 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron in the East Indies.[13]
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 April, 1935.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Reginald G. H. Henderson, 24 July, 1919[15] (and as Flag Captain and C.o.S. to V/A Duff)
- Captain William M. James, June, 1921[16] – September, 1922
- Captain Argentine H. Alington, 10 September, 1922[17] – November, 1924[18] (and as Flag Captain and C.O.S. to Admiral Sir A. C. Leveson)
- Captain Percy R. Stevens, 26 October, 1923[19] – 9 December, 1925 (vice "Robinson")
- Captain Walter J. C. Lake, after 1 October, 1924[20][21] – 2 October, 1926[22]
- Captain Lawrence W. Braithwaite, 2 October, 1926[23] – late 1928[24] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Admirals Alexander Sinclair and Tyrwhitt, in succession)
- Captain Wilfred N. Custance, 5 November, 1929[25] (for period of trials)
- Captain Aubrey Lambert, 14 December, 1929 – 31 December, 1929 (for trials)
- Captain Lancelot E. Holland, 31 December, 1929[26] – 28 May, 1931[27] (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Best)
- Captain Charles E. Morgan, 29 April, 1931[28] – 3 April, 1932[29]
- Commander Gerald H. Warner, 2 April, 1932[30] – 21 September, 1932
- Captain Tom S. V. Phillips, 21 September, 1932[31] – 5 July, 1935[32] (as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to C-in-C, East Indies)
- Commander Walter W. Sitwell, 24 July, 1935[33] – 19 November, 1935[34]
- Commander Frank D. Morris, 19 November, 1935 – 19 August, 1936
- Captain Wilfrid R. Patterson, 3 March, 1936[35][36] – 10 May, 1937[37] (to take command upon trsansfer of flag)
- Commander Lancelot V. Donne, 10 May, 1937[38] – 23 May, 1937[39] (temporary, and as Commander (D), Reserve Fleet)
- Captain Wilfrid R. Patterson, 21 July, 1937[40] – 14 February, 1938[41] ("vice Bell")
- Captain Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 14 February, 1938[42] – 21 June, 1938[43] (and as Flag Captain)
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas I. S. Bell, 24 June, 1938[44] – 29 September, 1938[45] (temporary, and for command of a group of miscellaneous craft)
- Captain Wilfred A. Whitaker, c. 9 September, 1938[46] – 15 November, 1939
- Captain Eustace Rotherham, 15 November, 1939[47] – 1940
- Captain Harry P. K. Oram, 6 May, 1940[48] – 2 February, 1942[49]
- Commander (retired) Peter K. Wallace, 2 February, 1942[50] – 17 March, 1942[51]
- Commander Michael Everard, 17 March, 1942[52] – 16 April, 1942[53]
- Captain Godfrey A. French, 16 April, 1942[54] – 13 January, 1943[55]
- Commander Michael Everard, 13 January, 1943[56] – 19 February, 1943[57]
- Captain Godfrey A. French, 19 February, 1943[58] – 28 June, 1943[59]
- Commander Michael Everard, 28 June, 1943[60] – 1 July, 1943[61]
- Captain John W. Josselyn, 1 July, 1943[62] – 8 October, 1944[63]
- Captain (retired) Edward C. Watson, 8 October, 1944[64] – 16 December, 1944[65]
- Acting Commander Arthur A. Havers, 16 December, 1944[66] – mid 1945[67]
There seems to be some overlap in the above.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 784.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 49.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). pp. 243, 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 783.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 232.
- ↑ Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/336. f. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 244.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 244.
- ↑ Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/415. f. 475.
- ↑ Day of month taken from Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
- ↑ Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
- ↑ Braithwaite Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/504. f. 507.
- ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/139. f. 504.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/139. f. 504.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 27, 1932, Issue 46068, p.21.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
- ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
- ↑ Sitwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/192. f. 193.
- ↑ Sitwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/192. f. 193.
- ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 247.
- ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
- ↑ Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
- ↑ Donne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/88. f. 88.
- ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
- ↑ Patterson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/21. f. 21.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ Bell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/101. f. 101.
- ↑ "Training Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Aug. 1938, p. 21.
- ↑ Rotherham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/3. f. 3.
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Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
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