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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 for continue her service with the {{UK-DF|6}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|p. 288}}  She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.{{NLJan33|p. 291}}
 
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 for continue her service with the {{UK-DF|6}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|p. 288}}  She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.{{NLJan33|p. 291}}
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In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1.  Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731}}
 
In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1.  Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731}}
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Revision as of 18:04, 23 September 2018

H.M.S. Wessex (1918)
Pendant Number: F.32 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 12 Mar, 1918[4]
Completed: 11 May, 1918[5]
Sunk: 24 May, 1940[6]
Fate: Air attack off Calais[7]

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

Service

Wessex was re-commissioned on 31 August, 1918.[8]

She re-commissioned with two-fifths crew at Chatham on 13 May, 1922.[9]

Wessex was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

Commissioned at Chatham on 1 January, 1929 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[11]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 24 April, 1931 for continue her service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[12] She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.[13]

Re-commissioned on 25 May, 1934 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[14]

In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[15]

She was re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 17 June, 1936.[16]

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. 313.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 287.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.
  15. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.
  17. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  18. ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 898.
  20. ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/5. f. 5.
  21. ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
  23. ↑ Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 287.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  27. ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  28. ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
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  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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