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| − | '''H.M.S. ''Watchman''''' was one of | + | '''H.M.S. ''Watchman''''' was one of twenty-two destroyers of the [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class]]. |
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| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Fawcett|nick=John Fawcett|appt=15 January, 1918{{NLMar19|p. 942}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Fawcett|nick=John Fawcett|appt=15 January, 1918{{NLMar19|p. 942}}|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=April, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 898}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=April, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 898}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:57, 30 September 2014
| H.M.S. Watchman (1917) | |
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| Pendant Number: | G.23(Jan 1918) G.09 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John Brown[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 2 Nov, 1917[4] |
| Completed: | Jan, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | 23 Jul, 1945[6] |
H.M.S. Watchman was one of twenty-two destroyers of the "W" class.
Service
Watchman joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1918[7] and and remained with that formation 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 re-commissioned at Devonport on 9 December, 1920.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John Fawcett, 15 January, 1918[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander William E. B. Magee, April, 1919[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 942.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
Bibliography
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| <– | "V" Class | Destroyers (UK) | "S" Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
