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|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]].
 
|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==
 
==Service==
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''Bideford'' was placed under the command of Cdr. [[Percy Frank Pilkington Wood]] on 16 October 1931 for trials.  Upon their completion, he commissioned her for service.  Due at Aden on 6 January, 1932, he was to proceed to Muscat to relieve the {{UK-Hastings|f=t}}, exchanging ships with her commander, D. S. McGrath.
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{{ToL|Sloops on Foreign Service|6 Jan. 1932, p. 6}}
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She was commissioned at Chatham on 15 November, 1932 for service in the [[Persian Gulf]].{{NLJan33|p. 217}}
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Re-commissioned on 17 November 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 218}}
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Re-commissioned at [[Malta]] on 12 December, 1938 for service in the [[Persian Gulf]].{{NLMay39|p. 262}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Bideford''" nat=UK>
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Bideford''" nat=UK>
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Frank Pilkington Wood|nick=Percy F. P. Wood|appt=16 October, 1931<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|end=17 January, 1932<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=transferred out to {{UK-Hastings}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Conyngham Denison|nick=Edward C. Denison|ass=7 May, 1932|end=March, 1934}}
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{{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>|note=removed from command following negative report from S.N.O., [[Persian  Gulf]]}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Austin Browne|nick=Charles A. Browne|appt=2 February, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 217}}|end=8 November, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Blake Fisher|nick=Douglas B. Fisher|appt=25 September, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 218}}|ass=8 November, 1934|end=1935|note=and as S.N.O, Persian Gulf from 30 November, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Blake Fisher|nick=Douglas B. Fisher|appt=29 June, 1936|end=30 October, 1936<ref>Wadham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/103.|}} f. 103.</ref>|note=vice "Barnes"}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Wyndham Wadham|nick=Geoffrey W. Wadham|appt=30 October, 1936<ref>Wadham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/103.|}} f. 103.</ref>|end=20 February, 1937<ref>Wadham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/103.|}} f. 103.</ref>|note=vice Fisher}}
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{{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}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=1 November, 1938|end=2 December, 1938}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=14 November, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 262}}|end=12 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Francis Elkins|nick=Robert F. Elkins|appt=12 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=16 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hugh Lewes|nick=John Hugh Lewes|appt=16 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=15 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=William Josselyn Moore|nick=William J. Moore|appt=15 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=22 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Francis Hollins|nick=William F. Hollins|appt=22 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=4 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Rowe Westmacott|nick=John R. Westmacott|appt=4 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNR}}|name=Herbert James Beverley|nick=Herbert J. Beverley|appt=1 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRNR}}|name=Alan Henry Pierce|nick=Alan H. Pierce|appt=December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:47, 15 March 2022

H.M.S. Bideford (1931)
Pendant Number: L43, later U43
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Launched: 1 Apr, 1931[2]
Broken up: 1949[3]

H.M.S. Bideford was one of eight Shoreham Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Bideford was placed under the command of Cdr. Percy Frank Pilkington Wood on 16 October 1931 for trials. Upon their completion, he commissioned her for service. Due at Aden on 6 January, 1932, he was to proceed to Muscat to relieve the sloop Hastings, exchanging ships with her commander, D. S. McGrath. [4]

She was commissioned at Chatham on 15 November, 1932 for service in the Persian Gulf.[5]

Re-commissioned on 17 November 1936.[6]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 12 December, 1938 for service in the Persian Gulf.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 56.
  4. ↑ "Sloops on Foreign Service." The Times (London, England), 6 Jan. 1932, p. 6.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 218.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 262.
  8. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  9. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/186. f. 188.
  10. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  11. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 217.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 217.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 218.
  15. ↑ Wadham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/103. f. 103.
  16. ↑ Wadham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/103. f. 103.
  17. ↑ Wadham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/103. f. 103.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 262.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


Shoreham Class Sloop
  Bideford Fowey Rochester Shoreham  
  Dundee Falmouth Milford Weston  
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