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Revision as of 19:53, 5 May 2021

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]

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

Westcott was re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 April, 1931 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[11] She remained with them into at mid-1934 after that formation became attached to Home Fleet, being re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 April, 1933.[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. ↑ Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  18. ↑ Collinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/153. f. 153.
  19. ↑ Spalding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/59. f. 59.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  21. ↑ Spalding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/59. f. 59.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 287.
  23. ↑ This date in his Service Record is extremely difficult to read.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.
  26. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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