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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
− | ''Broke'' was commissioned on 21 January, 1925 and sent to join the {{UK-DF|4}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 219}} Upon her arrival, [[Eric Quintin Carter]] handed over command to [[Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon]], and ''Broke'' became the flotilla's leader. ''Broke'' re-commissioned on 30 April, 1926, still under the command of Captain Mackinnon.<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref> | + | ''Broke'' was commissioned on 21 January, 1925 and sent to join the {{UK-DF|4}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 219}} Upon her arrival, [[Eric Quintin Carter]] handed over command to [[Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon]], and ''Broke'' became the flotilla's leader. ''Broke'' re-commissioned on 30 April, 1926, still under the command of Captain Mackinnon.{{NLJul27|p. 219}}<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref> |
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+ | Re-commissioned at 21 August, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 219}} | ||
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+ | Reduced to Special Reserve Complement at Devonport on 28 April, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 218}} | ||
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+ | Completed to full complement on 18 June, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 219}} | ||
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+ | She was commissioned on 3 March 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 220}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Quintin Carter|nick=Eric Q. Carter|appt=20 November, 1924<ref>Carter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=10 February, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 219}}|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Quintin Carter|nick=Eric Q. Carter|appt=20 November, 1924<ref>Carter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=10 February, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 219}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=10 February, 1925<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 219}}|end=October, 1926<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|4}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=10 February, 1925<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 219}}|end=October, 1926<ref>Mackinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|4}}}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Chalmers Watson|nick=Bertram C. Watson|appt=31 May, 1928<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=April, 1930<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|4}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Herbert Gordon Benson|nick=Cyril H. G. Benson|appt=13 September 1926{{NLJul27|p. 219}}<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/318.|D7864012}} f. 83.</ref>|end=June, 1928<ref>Benson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/318.|D7864012}} f. 83.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|4}}}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bertram Chalmers Watson|nick=Bertram C. Watson|appt=31 May, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 219}}<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=April, 1930<ref>Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/339.}} f. 341.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|4}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Clive Denison Arbuthnot|nick=Clive D. Arbuthnot|appt=10 April, 1930|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric John Shelley|nick=Eric J. Shelley|appt=21 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 218}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=21 January, 1932<ref>Percival Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|end=28 July, 1932<ref>Percival Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=21 January, 1932<ref>Percival Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|end=28 July, 1932<ref>Percival Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harry Stewart Murray-Smith|nick=Harry S. Murray-Smith|appt=7 November, 1933<ref>Murray-Smith Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/123/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 218}}|end=5 January, 1935<ref>Murray-Smith Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/123/105.|}} f. 105.</ref>}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Francis Bond Bowlby|nick=Cuthbert F. B. Bowlby|appt=5 January, 1935{{NavAppts|16 Nov. 1934, p. 20}}|end=c. 24 July, 1935{{INF}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=1 July, 1935|end=24 July, 1935|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A(D) Reserve Fleet Destroyer Flotilla}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Salvin Bowlby|nick=Hugh S. Bowlby|appt=5 January, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>|end=1 July, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Maurice Mansfield|nick=John M. Mansfield|appt=|end=19 July, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Salvin Bowlby|nick=Hugh S. Bowlby|appt=19 July, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>{{NavAppts|22 July 1935, p. 17}}|end=31 July, 1935<ref>Bowlby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/171.|}} f. 171.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Leslie Firth|nick=Charles L. Firth|appt=31 July, 1935{{NavAppts|25 July 1935, p. 10}}{{NLOct35|p. 219}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Selwyn Victor Jephson|nick=Selwyn V. Jephson|appt=5 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 219}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=before March 1938|end=24 September, 1938<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|}} f. 100.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=24 September, 1938<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|}} f. 100.</ref>|end=11 October, 1938<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|}} f. 100.</ref>|note=vice Heathcote, and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|7}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Bostock Hill|nick=Thomas B. Hill|appt=11 October, 1938<ref>Hill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/102.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=14 February, 1939}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Leonard Francis Durnford-Slater|nick=Leonard F. Durnford-Slater|appt=17 October, 1938{{NavAppts|5 Sept. 1938, p. 7}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=31 July, 1939<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/137.|D7605548}} f. 136.</ref>|end=27 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|15}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bryan Gouthwaite Scurfield|nick=Bryan G. Scurfield|appt=27 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|end=7 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Thomas Couchman|nick=Walter T. Couchman|appt=7 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|end=April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Frank Capel Layard|nick=Arthur F. C. Layard|appt=April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|end=8 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4279}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
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+ | Some confusion here about Mansfield, at least, and also Hill and Durnford-Slater. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Latest revision as of 17:07, 20 April 2023
H.M.S. Broke (1920) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.83 (Dec 1924)[1] |
Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
Launched: | 16 Sep, 1920[3] |
Commissioned: | 21 Jan, 1925[4] |
Foundered: | 9 Nov, 1942[5] |
Fate: | damaged at Algiers[6] |
H.M.S. Broke was one of five flotilla leaders of the Shakespeare class.
Service
Broke was commissioned on 21 January, 1925 and sent to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7] Upon her arrival, Eric Quintin Carter handed over command to Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon, and Broke became the flotilla's leader. Broke re-commissioned on 30 April, 1926, still under the command of Captain Mackinnon.[8][9]
Re-commissioned at 21 August, 1928.[10]
Reduced to Special Reserve Complement at Devonport on 28 April, 1931.[11]
Completed to full complement on 18 June, 1935.[12]
She was commissioned on 3 March 1937.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Eric Q. Carter, 20 November, 1924[14] – 10 February, 1925[15]
- Captain Edmond J. G. Mackinnon, 10 February, 1925[16][17] – October, 1926[18] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Cyril H. G. Benson, 13 September 1926[19][20] – June, 1928[21] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Bertram C. Watson, 31 May, 1928[22][23] – April, 1930[24] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Clive D. Arbuthnot, 10 April, 1930
- Commander Eric J. Shelley, 21 January, 1932[25]
- Captain Percy R. P. Percival, 21 January, 1932[26] – 28 July, 1932[27]
- Commander Harry S. Murray-Smith, 7 November, 1933[28][29] – 5 January, 1935[30]
- Commander Cuthbert F. B. Bowlby, 5 January, 1935[31] – c. 24 July, 1935[Inference]
- Captain John M. Mansfield, 1 July, 1935 – 24 July, 1935 (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A(D) Reserve Fleet Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Hugh S. Bowlby, 5 January, 1935[32] – 1 July, 1935[33]
- Captain John M. Mansfield, – 19 July, 1935[34]
- Captain Hugh S. Bowlby, 19 July, 1935[35][36] – 31 July, 1935[37]
- Commander Charles L. Firth, 31 July, 1935[38][39]
- Commander Selwyn V. Jephson, 5 January, 1937[40]
- Commander Ralph Heathcote, before March 1938 – 24 September, 1938[41]
- Captain Walter N. T. Beckett, 24 September, 1938[42] – 11 October, 1938[43] (vice Heathcote, and as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas B. Hill, 11 October, 1938[44] – 14 February, 1939
- Commander Leonard F. Durnford-Slater, 17 October, 1938[45]
- Captain Ralph Kerr, 31 July, 1939[46] – 27 September, 1939[47] (and as Captain (D), Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Bryan G. Scurfield, 27 September, 1939[48] – 7 July, 1941[49]
- Commander Walter T. Couchman, 7 July, 1941[50] – April, 1942[51]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur F. C. Layard, April, 1942[52] – 8 November, 1942[53]
Some confusion here about Mansfield, at least, and also Hill and Durnford-Slater.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 219.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 220.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
- ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 219.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/318. f. 83.
- ↑ Benson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/318. f. 83.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 219.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/339. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 218.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Murray-Smith Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/123/105. f. 105.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 218.
- ↑ Murray-Smith Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/123/105. f. 105.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 16 Nov. 1934, p. 20.
- ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
- ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
- ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
- ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 22 July 1935, p. 17.
- ↑ Bowlby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/171. f. 171.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 25 July 1935, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 219.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. 104.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 5 Sept. 1938, p. 7.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ 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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