H.M.S. Waterhen (1918)
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| 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 with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic.[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.
- Commander Edwin A. Homan, 14 June, 1918[12][13] – 15 November, 1920[14]
- Commander Philip G. Wodehouse, 15 November, 1920[15][16] – 17 August, 1922[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander George H. Creswell, 17 August, 1922[18][19] – February, 1923[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander John B. Spurgin, 2 February, 1923[21][22] – March, 1925[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander John H. Young, 9 March, 1925[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donald C. Morrison, 26 October, 1928[25] – 1929
- Lieutenant-Commander Stephen H. T. Arliss, 19 October, 1929[26]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
- ↑ Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 898.
- ↑ Homan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/185. f. 390.
- ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
- ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
- ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 842.
- ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
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