H.M.S. Mackay (1918)

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H.M.S. Mackay (1918)
Pendant Number: F.A6 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917[3]
Launched: 21 Dec, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 19 May, 1919[5]
Sold: 18 Feb, 1947[6]

H.M.S. Mackay (named H.M.S. Claverhouse until 31 December, 1918) was one of eight flotilla leaders of the Scott class. She was not completed in time to see action in the Great War.

Service

Mackay arrived at Sheerness with Sportive, Swallow and Splendid on 31 October, 1923.[7]

Mackay was re-commissioned at Chatham on 4 December, 1923. By March 1925, she was with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Re-commissioned at Rosyth as leader of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla with the Atlantic Fleet on 1 June, 1927.[9]

The ship was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 31 October, 1928.[10]

Mackay was re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 June, 1929.[11]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 29 December, 1931.[12]

Mackay commissioned at Devonport on 4 April, 1933.[13]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[14]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 1 January, 1935.[15]

Mackay was re-commissioned in Reserve at Devonport on 15 June, 1936.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 805.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  7. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1923, p. 4.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 253.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 253.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 252.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 252.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 253.
  14. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 253.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 253.
  17. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  18. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  19. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  20. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  21. Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 805.
  23. Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  24. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  25. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 780.
  27. Bailey Service Record. The National Archives. 196/47. f. 218.
  28. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  29. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  30. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  31. May be mistaken - hard to read. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  32. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  33. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 226.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 253.
  36. Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  37. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  38. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  39. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 251.
  40. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/241. f. 297.
  41. Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/241. f. 297.
  42. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  43. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  44. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/282. f. ?.
  45. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/282. f. ?.
  46. Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  47. Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
  48. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  49. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  50. Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  51. Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  52. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/130. f. 130. Day of month is blurry.
  53. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/130. f. 130.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Bibliography


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