H.M.S. Ladybird (1916)
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Pendant Number: | P.5A (Jan 1916) P.0A (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Lobnitz & Company[2] |
Ordered: | 2 15[3] |
Launched: | 12 Apr, 1916[4] |
Sunk: | 12 May, 1944[5] |
Fate: | air attack |
H.M.S. Ladybird was one of twelve gunboats of the "Insect" class.
Service
Ladybird re-commissioned on 1 July 1920.[6]
The gunboat was paid off to C. & M. Party at Malta on 17 April, 1922.[7]
She commissioned at Malta on 29 January, 1927. She was attached to the China Station from at least mid-1927[8] until at least mid-1937.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Acting Commander Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee, 2 August, 1916[10][11] – 11 December, 1918[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald G. Stone, 11 December, 1918[13][14] – 6 February, 1920[15]
- Captain John F. Warton, 4 February, 1920[16] (and as Senior Captain, Danube Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick R. M. Johnson, 14 June, 1920[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Lancelot V. Donne, 27 December, 1926[18] – February, 1928
- Commander Trevor O. C. Plowden, 9 January, 1928[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cecil C. M. Usher, 21 February, 1930[20] – 21 April, 1932[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Eric W. Bush, 21 April, 1932[22] – September, 1933[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Percy J. Oliver, 24 July, 1933[24] – c. September, 1935
- Lieutenant-Commander Sydney A. M. Else, 6 September, 1935[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert S. Stafford, 15 March, 1938[26] – 11 January, 1940[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) John F. Blackburn, 12 January, 1940[28] – 12 May, 1941[29] (ship sunk under his command)
John Fenwick Warton needs some closer reading.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 800.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 252.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 827.
- ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
- ↑ Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
- ↑ Stone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/141. f. 145.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 827.
- ↑ Stone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/141. f. 145.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 7, 1920, Issue 42328, p.6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 800.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 250.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/11. f. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 252.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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