H.M.S. Fermoy (1919)
From The Dreadnought Project
H.M.S. Fermoy (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | N.7A (Jul 1919) N.A0 (Nov 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Dundee Shipbuilding Company[2] |
Ordered: | mid 1917[3] |
Launched: | 5 Feb, 1919[4] |
Commissioned: | 12 July, 1919[5] |
Sunk: | 4 May, 1941[6] |
Fate: | by aircraft at Malta |
H.M.S. Fermoy was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Fermoy commissioned at Dundee on 12 July, 1919. By January 1921, she was working with the Periscope School at Portland, remaining there until at least mid-1931.[7][8]
Transferred to Reserve on 25 August, 1934.[9]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander John R. G. Moncreiffe, July, 1919[10][11] – 4 October, 1919[12]
- Commander Fitzroy H. D. Byron, 4 October, 1919[13] – May, 1920[14] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander John B. Glencross, May, 1920[15] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Hubert Vaughan-Jones, 28 November, 1921[16][17] – 14 April, 1923[18]
- Commander Hugh R. Marrack, 14 April, 1923[19][20] – 1 August, 1924[21]
- Commander Alfred G. Hine, 1 August, 1924[22][23] – 12 August, 1926[24] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Alexander B. Greig, 11 August, 1926[25][26] – 15 August, 1927[27] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Edward A. Aylmer, 15 August, 1927 – 19 September, 1927 (and for duty Class I with submarines, temporary)
- Commander Alexander B. Greig, 15 September, 1927[28] – 8 September, 1928[29] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander John G. Sutton, 8 September, 1928[30] – 12 April, 1930[31] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Henry B. Crane, 12 April, 1930[32] – 29 December, 1931 (and for duty Class I with submarines)
- Commander Reginald M. Servaes, 29 December, 1931[33] (and for duty with submarines)
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur L. Pears, 3 April, 1934[34] – 25 August, 1934
- Lieutenant-Commander John G. D. Wetherfield, 17 January, 1939 – 4 May, 1941 (ship destroyed under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "A" denotes Answer pendant here. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 774.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 705-6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 793.
- ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
- ↑ Moncreiffe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 423.
- ↑ Byron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/315. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1814.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 774.
- ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 758.
- ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 239.
- ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 239.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 239.
- ↑ Greig Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/74. f. 434.
- ↑ Greig Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/74. f. 434.
- ↑ Grieg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/74. f. 434.
- ↑ Grieg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/74. f. 434.
- ↑ Sutton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/54. f. 54.
- ↑ Sutton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/54. f. 54.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 240.
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