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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{LieutRN}} in Command [[Henry Edward Horan|Henry E. Horan]], D.S.C., 31 August, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 942}}
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Revision as of 14:57, 6 May 2014

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

H.M.S. Wessex was one of 22 destroyers of the "W" class.

Service

Recommissioned on 31 August, 1918.[7]

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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 942.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.

Bibliography


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