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H.M.S. Wrestler (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.31 (Jun 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Swan Hunter^[2]
Ordered:	December, 1916^[3]
Launched:	25 Feb, 1918^[4]
Completed:	15 May, 1918^[5]
Sold:	20 Jul, 1944^[6]

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

Service

Wrestler re-commissioned on 1 December, 1920.^[7]

She re-commissioned with reduced crew on 18 May, 1922 under command of Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth H. Grant.^[8]

She stayed under reduced crew until at least early 1929.^[9]

She was commissioned for trials at Chatham on 29 October, 1930.^[10]

Wrestler was commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 November, 1936 for service in the Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla.^[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Edward McC. W. Lawrie, 16 April, 1918^[12]^[13] – 12 February, 1920^[14] (and for service on Staff of Captain Superintendent for T.B.Ds.)
Lieutenant-Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 12 February, 1920^[15]^[16] – 2 January, 1922^[17]
Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth H. Grant, 18 May, 1922^[18] – 17 April, 1923
Lieutenant-Commander Peter McClelland, 10 April, 1923^[19]
Lieutenant-Commander Donald C. Brock, 19 August, 1924 – 4 March, 1925
Lieutenant-Commander Reginald W. Lawrence, 2 March, 1925^[20]
Lieutenant-Commander Cyril J. H. Hill, 30 April, 1928^[21] – 11 November, 1929
Lieutenant-Commander Ian R. H. Black, 11 November, 1929^[22] – c. April, 1930^[23]
Lieutenant-Commander Ian R. H. Black, September, 1930^[24] – 4 October, 1930^[25] (transferred in from Wakeful)
Lieutenant-Commander Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth, 24 October, 1930^[26] – 1931
Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey N. Brewer, 22 September, 1931
Lieutenant-Commander Dudley B. Dowling, 14 November, 1932^[27]
Lieutenant-Commander Noel R. Courthope-Munroe, 12 September, 1933^[28]
Lieutenant-Commander Philip C. Ransome, 1 May, 1935^[29]
Lieutenant-Commander (A I Fr) Henry G. D. de Chair, November, 1936^[30]
Lieutenant-Commander Edmund N. V. Currey, 21 August, 1939^[31] – October 1940^[32]
Lieutenant in Command Eric L. Jones, October 1940^[33] – 7 December, 1941^[34]
Lieutenant in Command Reginald W. B. Lacon, 7 December, 1941^[35] – mid 1944^[36]

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.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 294.
↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 902-945.
↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 291.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 291.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.
↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.
↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.
↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 291.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 294.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 294.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 294.
↑ 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.

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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"V" Class

Destroyers (UK)

"S" Class

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.

[4] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.

[5] Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.

[6] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.

[7] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.

[8] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.

[9] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.

[10] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.

[11] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 294.

[12] Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.

[13] The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 902-945.

[14] Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.

[15] Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.

[16] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.

[17] Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.

[18] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.

[19] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 291.

[20] The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 291.

[21] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.

[22] Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.

[23] Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.

[24] Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.

[25] Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/147/564. f. ?.

[26] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 291.

[27] The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 294.

[28] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 294.

[29] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.

[30] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 294.

[31] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[32] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[33] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[34] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[35] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[36] Uboat.net page on the ship.

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