H.M.S. Bruce (1918)
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| H.M.S. Bruce (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.48 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | Dec, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 26 Feb, 1918[4] |
| Sunk: | 22 Nov, 1939[5] |
| Fate: | as target |
H.M.S. Bruce was one of eight flotilla leaders of the Scott class.
Service
She completed to full crew at Rosyth on 27 November, 1919.[6]
Bruce reduced to 2/5 Complement on 8 October, 1924.[7]
Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 1 October 1929 for service in Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John C. Hodgson, 11 April, 1918[9][10] – 1 October, 1919[11]
- Captain Rowland H. Bather, 1 October, 1919[12] – 21 December, 1920[13] (as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Dashwood F. Moir, 21 December, 1920[14][15] – 6 July, 1921[16] (as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Arthur G. Tippet, 6 July, 1921[17] – 2 August, 1921[18] (temporary)
- Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, 2 August, 1921[19] – 29 April, 1922[20] (and as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Cyril St. C. Cameron, 29 April, 1922 – 15 August, 1922 (and as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain John C. Hodgson, 15 August, 1922[21][22] – 6 July, 1923[23] (as Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Richard A. A. Plowden, 28 April, 1924[24][25] – 31 December, 1924[26] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Kenneth MacLeod, 4 September, 1924 – 1 April, 1925 (during refit of Wallace)
- Captain John C. Tovey, 31 December, 1924[27][28] – 19 April, 1926[29] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Reginald V. Holt, 13 September, 1926[30] – 4 January, 1927[31] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander John M. Porter, 5 July, 1929[32] – February, 1931[33] (while Mark-Wardlaw is sick and as Commander (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Robert L. Burnett, 14 March, 1931[34] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 12 January, 1932[35] – 11 May, 1932[36] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Edward A. Aylmer, c. May, 1932 – August, 1932 (and for duty Class I with submarines)
MacLeod's stint in command seems a poor fit.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 736-7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 219.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 746.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
- ↑ Bather Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/438. f. 438.
- ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). pp. 736-7.
- ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
- ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
- ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 729.
- ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
- ↑ Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 219.
- ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 219.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
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