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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=26 August, 1926<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=2 January, 1928<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=26 August, 1926<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|end=2 January, 1928<ref>Knowles Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/52.|D7603759}} f. 257.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Burnard Darke|nick=Reginald B. Darke|appt=1928<ref>Darke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|end=December, 1928<ref>Darke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Burnard Darke|nick=Reginald B. Darke|appt=1928<ref>Darke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|end=December, 1928<ref>Darke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/88.|D7604500}} f. ?.</ref>|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=17 December, 1928|end=December, 1930|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Pirie Thomson|nick=George P. Thomson|appt=17 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 233}}|end=December, 1930|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Henry Taylor|nick=Frederick H. Taylor|appt=22 November, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 233}}|end=11 September, 1932|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Henry Taylor|nick=Frederick H. Taylor|appt=22 November, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 233}}|end=11 September, 1932|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy D'Oyly-Hughes|nick=Guy D'Oyly-Hughes|appt=1 May, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 233}}|end=24 September, 1935|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}} from 19 May, 1934}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy D'Oyly-Hughes|nick=Guy D'Oyly-Hughes|appt=1 May, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 233}}|end=24 September, 1935|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}} from 19 May, 1934}} | ||
Revision as of 10:59, 5 February 2018
| H.M.S. Douglas (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.09 (Sep 1918) G.00 (Nov 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird[2] |
| Ordered: | Dec, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 8 Jun, 1918[4] |
| Sold: | 20 Mar, 1945[5] |
H.M.S. Douglas was one of eight flotilla leaders of the Scott class.
Service
Douglas joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla, bearing the formation's Captain (D) Brien M. Money in December, 1918.[6]
She re-commissioned on 18 March, 1920.[7]
Completed to full complement on 4 September, 1924.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 April, 1928. In early 1929, she was serving as a flotilla leader for the First Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Acting Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, July, 1918[10] – 7 November, 1918[11]
- Captain Brien M. Money, 7 November, 1918[12] – 1 March, 1919[13] (and as Captain (D) of Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Harry R. Godfrey, 1 March, 1919[14] – 4 November, 1919[15] (and as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander George H. Knowles, 9 July, 1920[16][17] – 4 May, 1921[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cosmo M. Graham, 4 May, 1921[19] – May, 1921[20] (temporary)
- Commander Richard B. England, 29 June, 1921 – c. April, 1922
- Captain Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 10 July, 1924[21] – 15 September, 1924[22] (and as Captain (D), First Devonport Flotilla for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
- Captain Colin K. MacLean, 21 August, 1924[23] – 8 April, 1925[24] (and as Commodore, Second Class Commanding Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas from 1 September, 1924)
- Commander Frank G. Bramble, 1 February, 1926[25] – 7 August, 1926[26] (and in command of a group of destroyers in Reserve)
- Captain Malcolm L. Goldsmith, c. 7 August, 1926[27] – 26 August, 1926[28] (and as Captain (D), Devonport)
- Captain George H. Knowles, 26 August, 1926[29] – 2 January, 1928[30] (and as Captain (D), Devonport)
- Captain Reginald B. Darke, 1928[31] – December, 1928[32] (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain George P. Thomson, 17 December, 1928[33] – December, 1930 (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Frederick H. Taylor, 22 November, 1930[34] – 11 September, 1932 (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, 1 May, 1934[35] – 24 September, 1935 (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla from 19 May, 1934)
- Captain Philip Louis Vian, 14 October, 1935[36] – 13 May, 1936[37] (and as Captain (D), Nineteenth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Charles M. Blackman, – 31 July, 1936[38]
- Captain David J. R. Simson, 31 July, 1936[39] – 11 December, 1936[40]
- Commander William D. Stephens, – c. 19 June, 1937
- Commander Sydney M. Raw, 19 June, 1937[41] – 19 June, 1939 (and for duty with submarines, and Commander (S) First Submarine Flotilla from 22 September, 1937)
- Acting Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 1940[42] – 20 April, 1940[43]
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.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 761.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 234.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 761.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
- ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
- ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
- ↑ Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
- ↑ Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
- ↑ Inferred from Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
- ↑ Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
- ↑ Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 233.
- ↑ Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 160.
- ↑ Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 160.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 232.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
Bibliography
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