H.M.S. Walpole (1918)
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| Pendant Number: | F.15 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | William Doxford & Sons[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 12 Feb, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 7 Aug, 1918[5] |
| Commissioned: | 11 Jul, 1918[6] |
| Sold: | 8 Feb, 1945[7] |
H.M.S. Walpole was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Walpole commissioned on 11 July, 1918.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[9]
She re-commissioned at the Nore on 21 May, 1926 and returned to duty with Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[10]
She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 January 1929 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[11]
Walpole was re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 to continue to operations with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[12] She remained with them until at least mid-1934, after that formation became attached to the Home Fleet, and re-commissioned at Chatham on 4 May, 1933.[13]
Re-commissioned at Chatham with reserve complement on 7 June, 1935.[14]
She was reduced to Special Complement on 2 June, 1936 at assigned to the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles G. Naylor, 19 June, 1918[16] – 15 April, 1921
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh B. Wrey, 15 April, 1921[17] – 23 June, 1922[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander James C. Colvill, 23 June, 1922[19][20] – 14 August, 1925[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander William S. Moor, 14 August, 1925[22][23] – c. 30 March, 1926[Inference] (eventually being found mentally unstable)
- Lieutenant-Commander Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 30 March, 1926[24][25] – 5 April, 1928[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard F. Jolly, 5 April, 1928[27][28] – c. April, 1929[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard F. Jolly, 4 November, 1929[30] – 12 April, 1930[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander Eric B. K. Stevens, 1 April, 1930[32][33] – 22 April, 1932[34]
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold W. Seaman, 22 April, 1932[35] – 15 November, 1933
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur F. C. Layard, 4 May, 1933[36][37] – 11 December, 1934[38] (upon recommissioning)
- Lieutenant-Commander Errol C. L. Turner, 30 September, 1935 – 11 October, 1935
- Lieutenant-Commander Vivian J. Voelcker, c. late 1935[39] – 1 June, 1936
- Commander Francis H. M. Vaughan, 1 June, 1936[40] – 16 July, 1936
- Commander John V. Findlay, 15 July, 1936[41]
- Commander Frank M. Walton, 12 April, 1937[42] – 18 January, 1938[Fact Check]
- Commander Basil Jones, c. early 1938[Inference] – 22 November, 1938[43]
- Commander Maxwell Richmond, 22 November, 1938[44]
- Lieutenant-Commander Anthony F. Burnell-Nugent, 9 January, 1939[45] – 21 November, 1939[46]
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold G. Bowerman, 21 December, 1939[47] – late 1940[48]
- Lieutenant-Commander John H. Eaden, 14 March, 1941[49] – August, 1942[50]
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur S. Pomeroy, August, 1942[51] – September, 1943[52]
- Lieutenant in Command George C. Crowley, September, 1943[53] – early 1945[54] (vessel declared total loss after being mined)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 897.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 897.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 897.
- ↑ Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
- ↑ Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
- ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 287.
- ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
- ↑ Moor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/9. f. 9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 286.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
- ↑ Jolly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/122. f. 122.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 11, 1929; pg. 10; Issue 45174.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 13, 1929; pg. 20; Issue 45359.
- ↑ Jolly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/122. f. 122.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 286.
- ↑ Stevens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/144. f. 175.
- ↑ Stevens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/144. f. 175.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 290.
- ↑ Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/182. f. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 290.
- ↑ Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/182. f. 182.
- ↑ "Destroyers from Gibraltar." The Times (London, England), 27 Apr. 1936, p. 22.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 13 May 1936, p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 July 1936, p. 19.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 290.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 22 Nov. 1938, p. 26.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 22 Nov. 1938, p. 26.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ 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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