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Completed to full complement on 4 September, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 234}}
 
Completed to full complement on 4 September, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 234}}
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Re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 8 April, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 233}}
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 April, 1928.  In early 1929, she was serving as a flotilla leader for the {{UK-SF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 233}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 233}}
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She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 4 October, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 233}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 May, 1934.{{NLJul34|p. 233}}
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''Douglas'' was re-commissioned on 20 November, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 232}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank George Bramble|nick=Frank G. Bramble|appt=1 February, 1926<ref>Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|end=7 August, 1926<ref>Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|note=and in command of a group of destroyers in Reserve}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank George Bramble|nick=Frank G. Bramble|appt=1 February, 1926<ref>Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|end=7 August, 1926<ref>Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|note=and in command of a group of destroyers in Reserve}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=c. 7 August, 1926<ref>Inferred from Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|end=26 August, 1926<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), Devonport}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith|nick=Malcolm L. Goldsmith|appt=c. 7 August, 1926<ref>Inferred from Bramble Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 234.</ref>|end=26 August, 1926<ref>Goldsmith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603495}} f. 247.</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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Herbert Knowles|nick=George H. Knowles|appt=26 August, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 232}}<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}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lennox Albert Knox Boswell|nick=Lennox A. K. Boswell|ass=4 May, 1929|end=6 May, 1930|note=temporary}}
 
{{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=|note=and as Captain (S), {{UK-SF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hilary Dorsett Owen|nick=Hilary D. Owen|appt=7 February, 1933|end=|note=for trials}}
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{{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=Captain|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip Louis Vian|appt=14 October, 1935<ref>Vian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56.}} f. 160.</ref>|end=13 May, 1936<ref>Vian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56.}} f. 160.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|19}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Louis Vian|nick=Philip Louis Vian|appt=14 October, 1935<ref>Vian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56.}} f. 160.</ref>|end=13 May, 1936<ref>Vian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56.}} f. 160.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|19}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=|end=31 July, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=May, 1936{{NavAppts|Friday, May 08, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47369}}|end=31 July, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|20}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=31 July, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=11 December, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=31 July, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>|end=11 December, 1936<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Derek Stephens|nick=William D. Stephens|appt=|end=c. 19 June, 1937|note=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Derek Stephens|nick=William D. Stephens|appt=|end=c. 19 June, 1937|note=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Moffat Raw|nick=Sydney M. Raw|appt=19 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 232}}|end=19 June, 1939|note=and for duty with submarines, and Commander (S) {{UK-SF|1}} from 22 September, 1937}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Moffat Raw|nick=Sydney M. Raw|appt=19 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 232}}|end=19 June, 1939|note=and for duty with submarines, and Commander (S) {{UK-SF|1}} from 22 September, 1937}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=1940<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>|end=20 April, 1940<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roland Frith Balfour Swinley|nick=Roland F. B. Swinley|appt=21 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=5 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=5 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>|end=20 April, 1940<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Graham Crossley|nick=John G. Crossley|appt=19 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=20 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Godfrey Bowerman|nick=Harold G. Bowerman|appt=20 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Eric Banks|nick=William E. Banks|appt=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=20 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Basil Stewart Tennant|nick=Robert B. S. Tennant|appt=20 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=21 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Karl Henry John Lynch Phibbs|nick=Karl H. J. L. Phibbs|appt=21 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=15 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Neil Kelly Knight|nick=John N. K. Knight|appt=15 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}|end=late 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4284}}}}
 
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Revision as of 17:23, 9 April 2019

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]

Re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 8 April, 1925.[9]

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.[10]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1929.[11]

She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 4 October, 1932.[12]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 May, 1934.[13]

Douglas was re-commissioned on 20 November, 1936.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 12.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 761.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 234.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 233.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 233.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 233.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 232.
  15. Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  16. Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  17. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  18. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  19. Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  20. Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  21. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 761.
  23. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  24. Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  25. Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  26. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  27. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  28. MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  29. MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
  30. Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
  31. Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
  32. Inferred from Bramble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 234.
  33. Goldsmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 247.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 232.
  35. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  36. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/52. f. 257.
  37. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  38. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. f. ?.
  39. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 233.
  41. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 233.
  42. Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 160.
  43. Vian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56. f. 160.
  44. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 08, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47369.
  45. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  46. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  47. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  48. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 232.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  53. Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  64. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  65. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Scott Class Flotilla Leader
  Scott Bruce Douglas Campbell  
  Malcolm Mackay Stuart Montrose  
<– Shakespeare Class Destroyer Leaders (UK)