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She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 6 June, 1924 to serve with  Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 287}}
 
She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 6 June, 1924 to serve with  Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 287}}
  
Re-commissioned at the Nore on 25 January, 1927 to serve with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic.{{NLFeb29|p. 287}}
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Re-commissioned at the Nore on 25 January, 1927 to serve first with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean, but with transferred to the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic by early 1929.{{NLFeb29|p. 287}}
  
 
''Waterhen'' was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 8 May, 1929 and remained there until being re-commissioned on 21 November for work with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss]].{{NLJul31|p. 287}}
 
''Waterhen'' was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 8 May, 1929 and remained there until being re-commissioned on 21 November for work with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss]].{{NLJul31|p. 287}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=2 February, 1923<ref>Spurgin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}}  f. 360.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 288}}|end=March, 1925<ref>Spurgin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}}  f. 360.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Benedict Spurgin|nick=John B. Spurgin|appt=2 February, 1923<ref>Spurgin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}}  f. 360.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 288}}|end=March, 1925<ref>Spurgin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/8.|D7605095}}  f. 360.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harold Young|nick=John H. Young|appt=9 March, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 287}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harold Young|nick=John H. Young|appt=9 March, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 287}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Theobald Walsh Church|nick=Edward T. W. Church|appt=31 December, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 288}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carter Morrison|nick=Donald C. Morrison|appt=26 October, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 287}}|end=1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carter Morrison|nick=Donald C. Morrison|appt=26 October, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 287}}|end=1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss|nick=Stephen H. T. Arliss|appt=19 October, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 287}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss|nick=Stephen H. T. Arliss|appt=19 October, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 287}}|end=}}

Revision as of 12:38, 9 March 2018

H.M.S. Waterhen (1918)
Pendant Number: G.28 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 26 Mar, 1918[4]
Completed: 17 Jul, 1918[5]
Foundered: 30 Jun, 1941[6]
Fate: Due to bomb damage[7]

H.M.S. Waterhen was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Waterhen was re-commissioned on 1 July, 1918.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 6 June, 1924 to serve with Mediterranean.[9]

Re-commissioned at the Nore on 25 January, 1927 to serve first with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean, but with transferred to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic by early 1929.[10]

Waterhen was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 8 May, 1929 and remained there until being re-commissioned on 21 November for work with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 287.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 287.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
  12. Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 898.
  14. Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
  15. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
  17. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  18. Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 842.
  20. Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
  21. Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
  23. Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 287.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  26. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 287.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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