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''Watchman'' was re-commissioned on 4 September, 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLFeb29|p. 287}} | ''Watchman'' was re-commissioned on 4 September, 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLFeb29|p. 287}} | ||
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| + | She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 November, 1930 and returned to work with 5DF.{{NLJul31|p. 287}} | ||
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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=1926|end=28 July, 1927|note=transferred from {{UK-Wakeful}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Paul Vivian|nick=Eric P. Vivian|appt=1926|end=28 July, 1927|note=transferred from {{UK-Wakeful}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Gartside-Tippinge|nick=Hugh Gartside-Tippinge|appt=28 July, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 287}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Gartside-Tippinge|nick=Hugh Gartside-Tippinge|appt=28 July, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 287}}|end=}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Arthur Scott|nick=George A. Scott|appt=1 August, 1929<ref>Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/294.|D7605049}} f. 309.</ref>|end=31 July, 1931<ref>Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/294.|D7605049}} f. 309.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Arthur Scott|nick=George A. Scott|appt=1 August, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 287}}<ref>Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/294.|D7605049}} f. 309.</ref>|end=31 July, 1931<ref>Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/294.|D7605049}} f. 309.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=31 July, 1931<ref>Lilley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=31 August, 1933<ref>Lilley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=31 July, 1931<ref>Lilley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=31 August, 1933<ref>Lilley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=17 June, 1939<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>|end=1940<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=17 June, 1939<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>|end=1940<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 18 February 2018
| 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-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
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]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 May, 1923 to serve with the First Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[10]
Watchman was re-commissioned on 4 September, 1928 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[11]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 November, 1930 and returned to work with 5DF.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John Fawcett, 15 January, 1918[13] – 15 April, 1919[14]
- Commander William E. B. Magee, April, 1919[15][16] – 23 July, 1921[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth B. Millar, 20 July, 1921[18][19] – 18 December, 1923[20]
- Commander Frederic C. Bradley, 18 December, 1923[21] – 7 January, 1924[22]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward Eastwick-Field, 7 January, 1924[23][24] – December, 1925[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Eric P. Vivian, November, 1925 – 6 April, 1926
- Commander Eric P. Vivian, 1926 – 28 July, 1927 (transferred from Wakeful)
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Gartside-Tippinge, 28 July, 1927[26]
- Captain George A. Scott, 1 August, 1929[27][28] – 31 July, 1931[29]
- Captain Austen G. Lilley, 31 July, 1931[30] – 31 August, 1933[31]
- Acting Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 17 June, 1939[32] – 1940[33]
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. (April, 1925). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 942.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
- ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
- ↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 842.
- ↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.
- ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
- ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
- ↑ Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/294. f. 309.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
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