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'''H.M.S. ''Woolston''''' was one of twenty-one [["w" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
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'''H.M.S. ''Woolston''''' was one of twenty-one [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
Commissioned on 18 June, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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''Woolston'' was commissioned on 18 June, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 901}}
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She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.{{NLApr25|p. 290}}
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''Woolston'' was reduced to Reserve 1 April, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 290}}
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Commissioned at Malta on 8 May, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 290}}
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''Woolston'' was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 290}}
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She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 290}}
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Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} out of Portland.{{NLOct35|p. 293}}
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Re-commissioned on 18 August, 1936 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} out of Portland.{{NLJul37|p. 293}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Woolston''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Woolston|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Woolston''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Sholto Douglas|nick=Alexander S. Douglas|appt=8 June, 1918{{NLJun19|p. 945}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Sholto Douglas|nick=Alexander S. Douglas|appt=8 June, 1918<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>{{NLJun19|p. 945}}|end=22 May, 1919<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Desmond Maxwell|nick=Desmond Maxwell|appt=22 May, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 901}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Desmond Maxwell|nick=Desmond Maxwell|appt=22 May, 1919<ref>Maxwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/256.|D7604668}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 901}}|end=14 July, 1921<ref>Maxwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/256.|D7604668}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=14 July, 1921<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>|end=27 September, 1923<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=27 September, 1923<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|end=1 January, 1924<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 290}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Harvey|nick=John D. Harvey|appt=1 January, 1924<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 290}}|end=1 September, 1924<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/166.|D7605577}} f. 165.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Austen Gerald Lilley|nick=Austen G. Lilley|appt=19 February, 1925<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|end=1 April, 1925<ref>Lilley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/24.|D8116656}} f. 24.</ref>|note=for Mediterranean Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=8 May, 1926<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>|end=10 September, 1926<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=10 September, 1926<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=1927<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=March, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 290}}|end=8 August, 1927{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=24 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 290}}|end=c. 11 September, 1931{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Gordon Hine|nick=Alfred G. Hine|appt=11 September, 1931<ref>Hine Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|end=1 January, 1932<ref>Hine Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=1 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=17 January, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 293}}|end=16 July, 1936|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=25 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 293}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942|end=October, 1943}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter John Phipps|nick=Walter J. Phipps|appt=5 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Walter Michell|nick=Kenneth W. Michell|appt=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Jack Broughton Cox|nick=Jack B. Cox|appt=October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Valentine Brothers|nick=John V. Brothers|appt=May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 18:41, 12 October 2019

H.M.S. Woolston (1918)
Pendant Number: F.08 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 27 Apr, 1918[4]
Completed: 28 Jun, 1918[5]
Commissioned: 18 Jun, 1918[6]
Sold: 18 Feb, 1947[7]

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

Service

Woolston was commissioned on 18 June, 1918.[8]

She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.[9]

Woolston was reduced to Reserve 1 April, 1925.[10]

Commissioned at Malta on 8 May, 1926.[11]

Woolston was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.[12]

She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.[13]

Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[14]

Re-commissioned on 18 August, 1936 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  16. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  17. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 945.
  18. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  19. Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  21. Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  22. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  23. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  24. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  25. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  27. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  29. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  30. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  31. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  32. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  33. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  34. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  35. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  38. Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  39. Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  40. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  41. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
  42. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. 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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