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{{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}} | ||
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Revision as of 10:36, 7 August 2020
| 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]
The leader was completed to full complement on 4 September, 1924.[8]
Douglas was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 8 April, 1925[9] and was replaced by the light cruiser Centaur as flagship of the Atlantic Destroyers.[10]
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.[11]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1929.[12]
She paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 4 October, 1932.[13]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 May, 1934.[14]
Douglas was re-commissioned on 20 November, 1936.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Acting Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, July, 1918[16] – 7 November, 1918[17]
- Captain Brien M. Money, 7 November, 1918[18] – 1 March, 1919[19] (and as Captain (D) of Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Harry R. Godfrey, 1 March, 1919[20] – 4 November, 1919[21] (and as Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander George H. Knowles, 9 July, 1920[22][23] – 4 May, 1921[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cosmo M. Graham, 4 May, 1921[25] – May, 1921[26] (temporary)
- Commander Richard B. England, 29 June, 1921 – c. April, 1922
- Captain Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 10 July, 1924[27] – 15 September, 1924[28] (and as Captain (D), First Devonport Flotilla for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
- Captain Colin K. MacLean, 21 August, 1924[29] – 8 April, 1925[30] (and as Commodore, Second Class Commanding Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Flotillas from 1 September, 1924)
- Commander Frank G. Bramble, 1 February, 1926[31] – 7 August, 1926[32] (and in command of a group of destroyers in Reserve)
- Captain Malcolm L. Goldsmith, c. 7 August, 1926[33] – 26 August, 1926[34] (and as Captain (D), Devonport)
- Captain George H. Knowles, 26 August, 1926[35][36] – 2 January, 1928[37] (and as Captain (D), Devonport)
- Captain Reginald B. Darke, 1928[38] – December, 1928[39] (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain George P. Thomson, 17 December, 1928[40] – December, 1930 (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla)
- Captain Lennox A. K. Boswell, 4 May, 1929 – 6 May, 1930 (temporary)
- Captain Frederick H. Taylor, 22 November, 1930[41] – 11 September, 1932 (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Hilary D. Owen, 7 February, 1933 (for trials)
- Captain Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, 1 May, 1934[42] – 24 September, 1935 (and as Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla from 19 May, 1934)
- Captain Philip Louis Vian, 14 October, 1935[43] – 13 May, 1936[44] (and as Captain (D), Nineteenth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Charles M. Blackman, May, 1936[45] – 31 July, 1936[46] (and as Captain (D), Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain David J. R. Simson, 31 July, 1936[47] – 11 December, 1936[48]
- Commander William D. Stephens, – c. 19 June, 1937
- Commander Sydney M. Raw, 19 June, 1937[49] – 19 June, 1939 (and for duty with submarines, and Commander (S) First Submarine Flotilla from 22 September, 1937)
- Commander Gilbert P. Claridge, 19 June, 1939 – 21 August, 1939 (and for duty class I with submarines)
- Commander Roland F. B. Swinley, 21 August, 1939[50] – 5 February, 1940[51]
- Acting Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 5 February, 1940[52][53] – 20 April, 1940[54]
- Commander (retired) John G. Crossley, 19 April, 1940[55] – 20 November, 1940[56]
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold G. Bowerman, 20 November, 1940[57] – February, 1941[58]
- Commander William E. Banks, February, 1941[59] – 20 April, 1942[60]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert B. S. Tennant, 20 April, 1942[61] – 21 December, 1942[62]
- Lieutenant-Commander Karl H. J. L. Phibbs, 21 December, 1942[63] – 15 July, 1944[64]
- Acting Commander John N. K. Knight, 15 July, 1944[65] – late 1944[66]
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. (July, 1927). p. 233.
- ↑ "New Destroyer Flagship." The Times (London, England), 8 Apr. 1925, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 232.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 232.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 08, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47369.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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