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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Patrick Blake|nick=Cuthbert P. Blake|appt=12 April, 1920<ref>Blake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLSep20|p. 899}}|end=1 September, 1920<ref>Blake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Patrick Blake|nick=Cuthbert P. Blake|appt=12 April, 1920<ref>Blake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>{{NLSep20|p. 899}}|end=1 September, 1920<ref>Blake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=1 September, 1920<ref>de Meric Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 899}}|end=29 November, 1921<ref>de Meric Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=1 September, 1920<ref>de Meric Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 899}}|end=29 November, 1921<ref>de Meric Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 08:55, 28 August 2017
| H.M.S. Westminster (1918) | |
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| Pendant Number: | F.02 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Scott[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | 14 Apr, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[6] |
H.M.S. Westminster was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Commissioned on 14 April, 1918.[7]
She and several sister ships were re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis G. Glossop, 25 March, 1918[9] – 17 May, 1920
- Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert P. Blake, 12 April, 1920[10][11] – 1 September, 1920[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 September, 1920[13][14] – 29 November, 1921[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 29 November, 1921[16] – 16 May, 1922[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ivan B. Colvin, 12 May, 1922[18][19] – 20 March, 1923[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie T. Creery Hill, 20 March, 1923[21][22] – 5 May, 1925[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Theodore F. A. Voysey, March, 1927[24] – April, 1929[25]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1920). p. 899.
- ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 899.
- ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
- ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
Bibliography
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