H.M.S. Woolwich (1912)
H.M.S. Woolwich (1912) | |
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Pendant Number: | AC (1914) CA (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | London and Glasgow[2] |
Launched: | 5 Sep, 1912[3] |
Sold: | 23 Jul, 1926[4] |
H.M.S. Woolwich was completed to navy order as a depot ship.
Service
Woolwich served with destroyers at Harwich in 1914 and then at Rosyth until the end of the war.[5]
She was with the First Destroyer Flotilla from at least July, 1914.[6] In April 1916, she started also supporting the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[7]
In November, Woolwich was detached from supporting 1 D.F.; then working exclusively for the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]
In July 1918, she transferred to work with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, bearing her Captain (D),[9] Woolwich surrendered her role as Captain (D)'s ship in March and April of 1919, and then resumed it "temporarily" until being detached "temporarily" in July, 1919.[10]
She recommissioned at Devonport on 3 February, 1920.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Gerald T. F. Pike, 28 August, 1913.[12]
- Captain Harold E. Sulivan, D.S.O., 1 July, 1918.[13]
- Captain Denis G. Thynne, C.M.G., 13 January, 1920.[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 295.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July, 1914.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1916). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1916). p. 11.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 15.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 397a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 945.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).