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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Escort''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Escort''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | Commissioned at Chatham on 6 November, 1934 with the crew of {{UK-Versatile|f=p}}.{{ToL|Royal Navy|13 Nov. 1934, p. 6}} | ||
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 237}} | Re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 237}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Escort''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Escort''" nat=UK> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Buller Turner|nick=Cecil B. Turner|appt=6 November, 1934{{ToL|Royal Navy|13 Nov. 1934, p. 6}}|end=7 May, 1935<ref>Turner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/22.|}} f. 22.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Colin Coats|nick=Ernest C. Coats|appt=30 April, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 237}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernest Colin Coats|nick=Ernest C. Coats|appt=30 April, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 237}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4380}}|end=11 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4380}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4380}}|end=11 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4380}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:12, 8 December 2021
H.M.S. Escort (1934) | |
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Pendant Number: | H66 |
Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Launched: | 29 Mar, 1934[1] |
Commissioned: | 6 Nov, 1934 |
Sunk: | 11 Jul, 1940[2] |
Contents
Service
Commissioned at Chatham on 6 November, 1934 with the crew of H.M.S. Versatile.[3]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April, 1935 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4]
Captains
- Commander Cecil B. Turner, 6 November, 1934[5] – 7 May, 1935[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ernest C. Coats, 30 April, 1935[7]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Bostock, 31 July, 1939[8] – 11 July, 1940[9] (ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 13 Nov. 1934, p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 13 Nov. 1934, p. 6.
- ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/22. f. 22.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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