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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Westcott'' (1918)|fatedate=8 Jan, 1946{{DittColl|p. 73}} |order=December, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 84}} |name=Westcott |comm=2 Apr, 1918{{NLJan21|p. 899}} |comp=12 Apr, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}} |launch=14 Feb, 1918{{DittColl|p. 73}} |builder=[[William Denny & Brothers]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}} |pend=F.03 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Westcott''''' was one of twenty-one [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18. ==Service== ''Westcott'' was commissioned on 2 April, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 899}} She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the {{UK-DF|6}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 288}} The destroyer re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the {{UK-DF|6}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLFeb29|p. 288}} ''Westcott'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 April, 1931 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|6}}.{{NLJul31|p. 288}} She remained with them into at mid-1934 after that formation became attached to Home Fleet, being re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 April, 1933.{{NLJan33|p. 291}} Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 October, 1936 for service with the {{UK-SF|4}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 291}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Westcott''"> {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Reid Peploe|nick=Charles R. Peploe|appt=19 March, 1918{{NLJan21|p. 899}}|end=15 January, 1921|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Neville Mortimer|nick=Edward N. Mortimer|appt=15 January, 1921|end=15 December, 1922}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Samuel Arthur Brooks|nick=Samuel A. Brooks|appt=14 December, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 288}}|end=16 March, 1923}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Samuel Arthur Brooks|nick=Samuel A. Brooks|appt=27 September, 1923|end=14 August, 1925}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=14 August, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 288}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=6 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Dyke Beauchamp James|nick=Arthur D. B. James|appt=22 July, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 287}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Bensly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=22 July, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 291}}|end=28 July, 1934}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Masterman Loly|nick=Edward M. Loly|appt=1 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 291}}|end=|note=and for duty with submarines}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Westcott_(1918)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer "W" Class Destroyer (1917)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Westcott}} {{CatShipDestroyer|UK}}

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