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− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Miles Ambrose Gregory Child|nick=Miles A. G. Child|appt=23 April, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Miles Ambrose Gregory Child|nick=Miles A. G. Child|appt=23 April, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=25 March, 1937{{ToL|Command of the Forester|Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4}}}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Harter Birley|nick=Geoffrey H. Birley|appt= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Harter Birley|nick=Geoffrey H. Birley|appt=25 March, 1937{{ToL|Command of the Forester|Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4}}|end=}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Tancock|nick=Edward B. Tancock|appt=31 January, 1939{{UBAlly|2417}}|end=January, 1942{{UBAlly|2417}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Tancock|nick=Edward B. Tancock|appt=31 January, 1939{{UBAlly|2417}}|end=January, 1942{{UBAlly|2417}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Pepys Huddart|nick=George P. Huddart|appt=January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=1 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Pepys Huddart|nick=George P. Huddart|appt=January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=1 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}} |
Revision as of 14:30, 25 November 2019
H.M.S. Forester (1934) | |
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Builder: | J. Samuel White |
Launched: | 28 Jun, 1934[1] |
Broken up: | 1947[2] |
H.M.S. Forester was one of eighteen "E" and "F" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 April, 1935.[3]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 March, 1936 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Miles A. G. Child, 23 April, 1935[5] – 25 March, 1937[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey H. Birley, 25 March, 1937[7]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward B. Tancock, 31 January, 1939[8] – January, 1942[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander George P. Huddart, January, 1942[10] – 1 May, 1942[11]
- Lieutenant in Command Jack Bitmead, 1 May, 1942[12] – 20 May, 1942[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Fell, 1 May, 1942[14] – 20 May, 1942[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Jack Bitmead, mid 1942[16] – 4 August, 1942[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander James A. Burnett, 4 August, 1942[18] – 21 May, 1944[19]
- Commander R.N.R. George W. Gregorie, 21 May, 1944[20] – 9 July, 1944[21]
- Lieutenant in Command David C. Beatty, 9 July, 1944[22] – 17 April, 1945[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Peter R. Ward, 17 April, 1945[24] – 6 June, 1945[25]
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander Louis J. H. Gamble, 6 June, 1945[26] – 5 January, 1946[27]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 241.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
- ↑ "Command of the Forester." The Times (London, England), Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4.
- ↑ "Command of the Forester." The Times (London, England), Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
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