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She was reduced to Reserve at the Nore on 22 March, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 275''a''}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Walter Michael Knowles|nick=Walter M. Knowles|appt=15 April, 1919<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>|end=14 June, 1919<ref>Knowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/172.|}} f. 172.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ernest Robert Maycock|nick=Ernest R. Maycock|appt=May, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 922}}|end=late 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman|nick=Harold T. Baillie-Grohman|appt=14 December, 1919<ref>Baillie-Grohman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/303.|D7605058}}  f. 319.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 878.  This source indicates the 15th}}|ass=16 December, 1919<ref>Baillie-Grohman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/303.|D7605058}}  f. 319.</ref>|end=26 September, 1921<ref>Baillie-Grohman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/303.|D7605058}}  f. 319.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Evelyn John James Southby|nick=Evelyn J. J. Southby|appt=17 March, 1920<ref>Southby Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/48/115.|D7604019}} f. 118.</ref>|end=19 May, 1920<ref>Southby Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/48/115.|D7604019}} f. 118.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Reginald Openshaw|nick=Francis R. Openshaw|appt=14 September, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 823}}|end=6 September, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Michell|nick=Kenneth Michell|appt=6 September, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 276}}|end=8 September, 1925{{ToL|H.M.S. Truro|8 Sept. 1925, p. 17}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Fitz Gerald Wharton|nick=Eric F. G. Wharton|appt=8 September, 1925<ref>Wharton Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/50/40.|}} f. 40.</ref>{{ToL|H.M.S. Truro|8 Sept. 1925, p. 17}}{{NLFeb26|p. 276}}|end=|note=transfered out to {{UK-Dundalk}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 16:45, 22 May 2022

H.M.S. Truro (1919)
Pendant Number: T.87 (Apr 1919)
T.7A (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: William Simons & Company[2]
Ordered: mid 1917[3]
Launched: 15 Apr, 1919[4]
Sold: 19 May, 1928[5]
H.M.S. Truro was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She was reduced to Reserve at the Nore on 22 March, 1927.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "A" denotes Answer pendant here. p. 115.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 115.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 115.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 115.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 275a.
  7. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/172. f. 172.
  8. Knowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/172. f. 172.
  9. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 922.
  10. Baillie-Grohman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/303. f. 319.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 878. This source indicates the 15th.
  12. Baillie-Grohman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/303. f. 319.
  13. Southby Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/115. f. 118.
  14. Southby Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/115. f. 118.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 823.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 276.
  17. "H.M.S. Truro." The Times (London, England), 8 Sept. 1925, p. 17.
  18. Wharton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/40. f. 40.
  19. "H.M.S. Truro." The Times (London, England), 8 Sept. 1925, p. 17.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 276.

Bibliography


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