Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Whirlwind (1917)"
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Re-commissioned on 4 September, 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLFeb29|p. 288}} | Re-commissioned on 4 September, 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLFeb29|p. 288}} | ||
− | Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|p. 288}} | + | Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for continued service with the {{UK-DF|5}} 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. 292}} |
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=December, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 288}}|ass=c. February, 1926|end=6 May, 1926}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Morell McKenna|nick=Gerald M. McKenna|appt=December, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 288}}|ass=c. February, 1926|end=6 May, 1926}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=1 May, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 288}}<ref>Harvey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=10 December, 1927<ref>Harvey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=1 May, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 288}}<ref>Harvey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>|end=10 December, 1927<ref>Harvey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I ''Rs.''''')|name=Henry Clanchy|nick=Henry Clanchy|appt=29 March, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I ''Rs.''''')|name=Henry Clanchy|nick=Henry Clanchy|appt=29 March, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}|end=1929}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Stephen Walter de Winton|nick=Francis S. W. de Winton|appt=2 December, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 288}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Stephen Walter de Winton|nick=Francis S. W. de Winton|appt=2 December, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 288}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Edmund Hyde-Smith|nick=Richard E. Hyde-Smith|appt=31 December, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 292}}|end=}} | ||
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H.M.S. Whirlwind (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | H.41 (Apr 1918) D.25 (Sep 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Swan Hunter[2] |
Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
Launched: | 15 Dec, 1917[4] |
Completed: | 28 Mar, 1918[5] |
Torpedoed: | 5 Jul, 1940[6] |
Fate: | by U-34, SW of Ireland |
H.M.S. Whirlwind was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Whirlwind immediately joined the Dover Patrol's Sixth Destroyer Flotilla upon commissioning in March, 1918.[7]
She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.[8]
Whirlwind was re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923 to serve with the First Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[9]
She was re-commissioned on 6 January, 1926 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[10]
Re-commissioned on 4 September, 1928 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[11]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for continued service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[12] She remained with them into at least 1933 after that formation became attacked to Home Fleet.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 27 February, 1918[14][15] – 20 February, 1919[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Brian C. Gourley, 20 February, 1919[17][18] – August, 1919[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander William A. C. Salmond, August, 1919[20] – 21 March, 1921 (committed suicide aboard)
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas C. A. H. Ouchterlony, 7 April, 1921[21] – 3 May, 1923
- Lieutenant-Commander Ivan B. Colvin, April, 1923[22][23] – 5 May, 1925[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donal S. McGrath, 5 May, 1925[25] – 1 February, 1926[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gerald M. McKenna, December, 1925[27] – 6 May, 1926
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 1 May, 1926[28][29] – 10 December, 1927[30]
- Lieutenant-Commander (I Rs.) Henry Clanchy, 29 March, 1928[31] – 1929
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis S. W. de Winton, 2 December, 1929[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard E. Hyde-Smith, 31 December, 1931[33]
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.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 14.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 943.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 943.
- ↑ Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
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