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− | '''H.M.S. ''Woolston''''' was one of twenty-one [[" | + | '''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== | ||
− | + | ''Woolston'' was commissioned on 18 June, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 901}} | |
+ | |||
+ | She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.{{NLApr25|p. 290}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Woolston'' was reduced to Reserve 1 April, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 290}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Commissioned at Malta on 8 May, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 290}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Woolston'' was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 290}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 290}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} out of Portland.{{NLOct35|p. 293}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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''"> | + | <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}} | + | {{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}}}} | + | {{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>}} |
− | {{ | + | {{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>}} |
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=March, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 290}}|end=8 August, 1927{{INF}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=24 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 290}}|end=c. 11 September, 1931{{INF}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942|end=October, 1943}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter John Phipps|nick=Walter J. Phipps|appt=5 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Walter Michell|nick=Kenneth W. Michell|appt=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Jack Broughton Cox|nick=Jack B. Cox|appt=October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
+ | {{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== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Woolston_(1918)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Revision as of 18:41, 12 October 2019
H.M.S. Woolston (1918) | |
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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.
- Commander Alexander S. Douglas, 8 June, 1918[16][17] – 22 May, 1919[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Maxwell, 22 May, 1919[19][20] – 14 July, 1921[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 14 July, 1921[22] – 27 September, 1923[23]
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 27 September, 1923[24] – 1 January, 1924[25][26]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 1 January, 1924[27][28] – 1 September, 1924[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, 19 February, 1925[30] – 1 April, 1925[31] (for Mediterranean Fleet Exercises)
- Commander Charles G. Stuart, 8 May, 1926[32] – 10 September, 1926[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donal S. McGrath, 10 September, 1926[34] – 1927[35]
- Commander Charles G. Stuart, March, 1927[36] – 8 August, 1927[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander Meredith S. Spalding, 24 May, 1931[37] – c. 11 September, 1931[Inference]
- Commander Alfred G. Hine, 11 September, 1931[38] – 1 January, 1932[39] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 1 January, 1932[40] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Henry T. W. Pawsey, 17 January, 1934[41] – 16 July, 1936 (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Henry J. Haynes, 25 June, 1937[42] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick W. Hawkins, September, 1942 – October, 1943
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter J. Phipps, 5 September, 1939[43] – 24 April, 1941[44]
- Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth W. Michell, 24 April, 1941[45] – September, 1942[46]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick W. Hawkins, September, 1942[47] – October, 1943[48]
- Lieutenant in Command Jack B. Cox, October, 1943[49] – May, 1945[50]
- Lieutenant in Command John V. Brothers, May, 1945[51] – mid 1945[52]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 945.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ 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. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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