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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Forester''''' 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. ''Forester''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 March, 1936 for service with the {{UK-DF|6}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 240}}
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''Forester'' was launched on 28 June, 1934.  Two of her sisters were launched the same day at the Barrow yard of Vickers-Armstrong: {{UK-Fame}} and {{UK-Firedrake}}.{{ToL|Destroyer Launches|28 June 1934, p. 9}}
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''Forester'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 April, 1935.{{NLOct35|p. 241}}
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 March, 1936 for service with the {{UK-DF|6}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 240}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Forester''" nat=UK>
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Harter Birley|nick=Geoffrey H. Birley|appt=5 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 240}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Miles Ambrose Gregory Child|nick=Miles A. G. Child|appt=23 April, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 240}}|end=25 March, 1937{{ToL|Command of the Forester|Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Harter Birley|nick=Geoffrey H. Birley|appt=25 March, 1937{{ToL|Command of the Forester|Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Tancock|nick=Edward B. Tancock|appt=31 January, 1939{{UBAlly|2417}}|end=January, 1942{{UBAlly|2417}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Pepys Huddart|nick=George P. Huddart|appt=January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=1 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Jack Bitmead|nick=Jack Bitmead|appt=1 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=20 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Augustus Fell|nick=Robert A. Fell|appt=1 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=20 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Jack Bitmead|nick=Jack Bitmead|appt=mid 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=4 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Arbouin Burnett|nick=James A. Burnett|appt=4 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=21 May, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRNR}}|name=George Windsor Gregorie|nick=George W. Gregorie|appt=21 May, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=9 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=David Creagh Beatty|nick=David C. Beatty|appt=9 July, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=17 April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter Ronald Ward|nick=Peter R. Ward|appt=17 April, 1945{{UBAlly|2581}}|end=6 June, 1945{{UBAlly|2581}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRN}}|name=Louis John Hilary Gamble|nick=Louis J. H. Gamble|appt=6 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}|end=5 January, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|4228}}}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Forester_(H74)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 09:11, 24 February 2021

H.M.S. Forester (1934)
Pendant Number: H74
Builder: J. Samuel White
Launched: 28 Jun, 1934[1]
Broken up: 1947[2]
H.M.S. Forester was one of eighteen "E" and "F" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Forester was launched on 28 June, 1934. Two of her sisters were launched the same day at the Barrow yard of Vickers-Armstrong: Fame and Firedrake.[3]

Forester was commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 April, 1935.[4]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 March, 1936 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  3. ↑ "Destroyer Launches." The Times (London, England), 28 June 1934, p. 9.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 241.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 240.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  7. ↑ "Command of the Forester." The Times (London, England), Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4.
  8. ↑ "Command of the Forester." The Times (London, England), Thursday, March 25, 1937, Issue 47642, p.4.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


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