H.M.S. Widnes (1918)
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| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 3448[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.6# (Sep 1918) T.1# (Nov 1919)[2] |
| Builder: | Napier & Miller[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1917[4] |
| Launched: | 28 Jun, 1918[5] |
| Sunk: | 17 Oct, 1943[6] |
| Fate: | as German UJ.2109 |
H.M.S. Widnes was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Widnes paid off at Malta on 28 November, 1919.[7]
She paid off to a C. & M. Party on 17 October, 1924.[8]
Widnes was reduced to Reserve on 7 February, 1926.[9]
Re-commissioned with reserve complement at Malta on 26 September, 1929.[10]
Captains
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Thomas V. Birkett, 28 August, 1918[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 115.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "#" denotes Numeral pendant here. p. 115.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 115.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 115.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 115.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 943.
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