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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Bideford'' (1931)|fate2= |fatedate=1949{{Conways1922|p. 56}} |name=Bideford |builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1922|p. 56}} |launch=1 Apr, 1931{{Conways1922|p. 56}} |fate=Broken up |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Bideford''''' was one of eight [[Shoreham Class Sloop (1930)|''Shoreham'' Class sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== Commissioned at Chatham on 15 November, 1932 for service in the [[Persian Gulf]].{{NLJan33|p. 217}} Re-commissioned at [[Malta]] on 12 December, 1938 for service in the [[Persian Gulf]].{{NLMay39|p. 262}} ==Captains== <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Bideford''" nat=UK> {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=17 January, 1932<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=9 April, 1932<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=removed from command following negative report from S.N.O., [[Persian Gulf]]}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Conyngham Denison|nick=Edward C. Denison|appt=25 March, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 217}}|ass=7 May, 1932|end=March, 1934}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Austin Browne|nick=Charles A. Browne|appt=|end=8 November, 1934}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Blake Fisher|nick=Douglas B. Fisher|appt=8 November, 1934|end=1935|note=and as S.N.O, Persian Gulf from 30 November, 1934}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Blake Fisher|nick=Douglas B. Fisher|appt=29 June, 1936|end=1936|note=vice "Barnes"}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Wyndham Wadham|nick=Geoffrey W. Wadham|appt=|end=18 February, 1937|note=fact check this is correct Wadham}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=18 February, 1937|end=17 April, 1938|note=and as S.N.O, Persian Gulf from 20 February, 1937}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=30 July, 1938|end=1 October, 1938|note=and as S.O., Minesweeping Flotilla, Mediterranean}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=1 November, 1938|end=2 December, 1938}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=14 November, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 262}}|end=12 September, 1939}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Francis Elkins|nick=Robert F. Elkins|appt=12 September, 1939|end=16 April, 1940}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hugh Lewes|nick=John Hugh Lewes|appt=16 April, 1940|end=15 November, 1940}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=William Josselyn Moore|nick=William J. Moore|appt=15 November, 1940|end=22 November, 1942}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Francis Hollins|nick=William F. Hollins|appt=22 Nvoember, 1942|end=4 October, 1943}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Rowe Westmacott|nick=John R. Westmacott|appt=4 October, 1943|end=February, 1944}} {{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNR}}|name=Herbert James Beverley|nick=Herbert J. Beverley|appt=1 March, 1944|end=December, 1944}} {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRNR}}|name=Alan Henry Pierce|nick=Alan H. Pierce|appt=December, 1944|end=mid 1945}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bideford_(1931)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{Footer Shoreham Class Sloop (1930)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bideford}} {{CatShipSloop|UK}}

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