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Revision as of 11:52, 17 July 2018

H.M.S. Westcott (1918)
Pendant Number: F.03 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 14 Feb, 1918[4]
Completed: 12 Apr, 1918[5]
Commissioned: 2 Apr, 1918[6]
Sold: 8 Jan, 1946[7]

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

Service

Westcott was commissioned on 2 April, 1918.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[9]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 April, 1931 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[11] She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.[12]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 October, 1936 for service with the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on the China Station.[13]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
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Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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