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==Service==
 
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''Walker'' joined the {{UK-DF|11}} in February, 1918{{SMNLFeb18|p. 12}} and  
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''Walker'' joined the {{UK-DF|11}} in February, 1918{{SMNLFeb18|p. 12}} and sometime that year, {{UK-Tormentor}} collided with her;  ''Tormentor's'' Lieutenant-Commander [[Percy John Helyar]] was told to be more careful in future.
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In 1918, {{UK-Tormentor}} collided with ''Walker'', and ''Tormentor's'' Lieutenant-Commander [[Percy John Helyar]] was told to be more careful in future.
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''Walker'' remained with 11 D.F. until it was disbanded in March, 1919, at which point she was allocated along with the Eleventh's other "V"s and "W"s to the newly-fashioned {{UK-DF|1}}.{{SMNLMar19|p. 11}}
 
''Walker'' remained with 11 D.F. until it was disbanded in March, 1919, at which point she was allocated along with the Eleventh's other "V"s and "W"s to the newly-fashioned {{UK-DF|1}}.{{SMNLMar19|p. 11}}
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She commissioned at the Nore on 15 July, 1932 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}}, which was now part of Home Fleet,{{NLJan33|p. 289}} re-commissioning on 11 January, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 289}}
 
She commissioned at the Nore on 15 July, 1932 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}}, which was now part of Home Fleet,{{NLJan33|p. 289}} re-commissioning on 11 January, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 289}}
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
  
 
Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 3 September, 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 289}}
 
Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 3 September, 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 289}}
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By 1938, she had been converted to a minelaying destroyer.
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Louis Veresmith|nick=Noel L. Veresmith|appt=15 January, 1925|end=November, 1926}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Louis Veresmith|nick=Noel L. Veresmith|appt=15 January, 1925|end=November, 1926}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Berthon Gossage|nick=Ralph B. Gossage|appt=30 October, 1926<ref>Gossage Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/95.|D7615893}} f. 95.</ref>|end=14 December, 1928<ref>Gossage Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/95.|D7615893}} f. 95.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ralph Berthon Gossage|nick=Ralph B. Gossage|appt=30 October, 1926<ref>Gossage Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/95.|D7615893}} f. 95.</ref>|end=14 December, 1928<ref>Gossage Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/95.|D7615893}} f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Beresford Amery-Parkes|nick=Guy B. Amery-Parkes|appt=14 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 286}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Beresford Amery-Parkes|nick=Guy B. Amery-Parkes|appt=14 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 286}}|end=18 December, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Bransby O'Brien Harding|nick=Geoffrey B. O'B. Harding|appt=18 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 285}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Bransby O'Brien Harding|nick=Geoffrey B. O'B. Harding|appt=18 December, 1930<ref>Harding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 285}}|end=1931|note=transferred out to {{UK-Warwick}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Frederick Stevens-Guille|nick=George F. Stevens-Guille|appt=July, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 289}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Drinkwater|nick=John Drinkwater|appt=31 May, 1932{{NavAppts|Wednesday, June 1, 1932, Issue 46148, p.19}}|end=July, 1932{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Frederick Stevens-Guille|nick=George F. Stevens-Guille|appt=c. July, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 289}}|end=27 July, 1934<ref>Stevens-Guille Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>|note=transferred in, undated, from {{UK-Vesper}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stuart Erskine Crewe-Read|nick=Stuart E. Crewe-Read|appt=2 June, 1936<ref>Crewe-Read Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/38.|}} f. 38.</ref>|end=8 June, 1936<ref>Crewe-Read Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/38.|}} f. 38.</ref>|note=remained in ship afterward}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=17 January, 1938<ref>Pawsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>|end=18 February, 1938<ref>Pawsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=10 September, 1938|end=27 October, 1938}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=10 September, 1938|end=27 October, 1938}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Harry Philip Currey|nick=Harry P. Currey|appt=18 May, 1939{{ToL|Anti-Submarine Flotilla|20 Apr. 1939, p. 26}}|end=|note=transferring in with crew from {{UK-Woolston}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wilfred James Cameron Robertson|nick=Wilfred J. C. Robertson|appt=24 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}|end=6 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Andre Tait|nick=Arthur A. Tait|appt=6 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}|end=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Donald George Frederick Wyville MacIntyre|nick=Donald G. F. W. MacIntyre|appt=February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}|end=21 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Marjoribanks Rowland|nick=James M. Rowland|appt=21 February, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}|end=early 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Nichol Rowell|nick=Arthur N. Rowell|appt=23 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}|end=June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas William Lancaster|nick=Thomas W. Lancaster|appt=June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}|end=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4266}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:39, 23 February 2022

H.M.S. Walker (1917)
Pendant Number: G.22 (Jan 1918)
G.08 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 29 Nov, 1917[4]
Completed: 12 Feb, 1918[5]
Sold: 15 Mar, 1946[6]

H.M.S. Walker was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Walker joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1918[7] and sometime that year, Tormentor collided with her; Tormentor's Lieutenant-Commander Percy John Helyar was told to be more careful in future.

Walker remained with 11 D.F. until it was disbanded in March, 1919, at which point she was allocated along with the Eleventh's other "V"s and "W"s to the newly-fashioned First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 9 December, 1920.[9]

Walker was re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 May, 1923. By March 1925, she was working with the First Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

She re-commissioned under the command of Ralph Berthon Gossage at Devonport on 18 January, 1927 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

Walker was re-commissioned at Devonport on 4 September, 1928 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[12]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 November, 1930 for continuing service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[13]

She commissioned at the Nore on 15 July, 1932 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, which was now part of Home Fleet,[14] re-commissioning on 11 January, 1933.[15]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[16]

Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 3 September, 1934.[17]

By 1938, she had been converted to a minelaying destroyer.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 12.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 286.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 285.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 285.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 289.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
  16. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 941.
  19. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  20. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  21. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  22. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 896.
  24. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  25. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 24, 1919; pg. 21; Issue 42056.
  26. ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  27. ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  28. ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 896.
  30. ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 840.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 287.
  33. ↑ Gossage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/95. f. 95.
  34. ↑ Gossage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/95. f. 95.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 286.
  36. ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 285.
  38. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, June 1, 1932, Issue 46148, p.19.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
  40. ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  41. ↑ Crewe-Read Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/38. f. 38.
  42. ↑ Crewe-Read Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/38. f. 38.
  43. ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  44. ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  45. ↑ "Anti-Submarine Flotilla." The Times (London, England), 20 Apr. 1939, p. 26.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.

Bibliography


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  Wolsey Woolston  
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