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+ | |comp=15 May, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 313}} | ||
|builder=[[Swan Hunter]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}} | |builder=[[Swan Hunter]]{{Conways1906|p. 84}} | ||
|pend=G.31 (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} | |pend=G.31 (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} | ||
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
− | '''H.M.S. ''Wrestler''''' was one of | + | '''H.M.S. ''Wrestler''''' was one of twenty-one [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Wrestler'' re-commissioned on 1 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}} | ''Wrestler'' re-commissioned on 1 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}} | ||
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+ | She re-commissioned with reduced crew on 18 May, 1922 under command of {{LCommRN}} [[Kenneth Hector Grant|Kenneth H. Grant]].{{NLJan23|p. 846-898}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | She stayed under reduced crew until at least early 1929.{{NLFeb29|p. 291}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | She was commissioned for trials at Chatham on 29 October, 1930.{{NLOct35|p. 294}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Wrestler'' was commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 November, 1936 for service in the [[Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla]].{{NLJul37|p. 294}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Wrestler''"> |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|nick=Edward McC. W. Lawrie|appt=16 April, 1918{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|nick=Edward McC. W. Lawrie|appt=16 April, 1918<ref>Lawrie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>{{NLFeb20|p. 902-945}}|end=12 February, 1920<ref>Lawrie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>|note=and for service on Staff of Captain Superintendent for T.B.Ds.|precBy=New Command}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=12 February, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=12 February, 1920<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}|end=2 January, 1922<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}} |
− | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Hector Grant|nick=Kenneth H. Grant|appt=18 May, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 846-898}}|end=17 April, 1923}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter McClelland|nick=Peter McClelland|appt=10 April, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 291}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carey Brock|nick=Donald C. Brock|appt=19 August, 1924|end=4 March, 1925}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Wilfred Lawrence|nick=Reginald W. Lawrence|appt=2 March, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 291}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=30 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 291}}|end=11 November, 1929}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ian Reddie Hamilton Black|nick=Ian R. H. Black|appt=11 November, 1929<ref>Black Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/147/564.|D8125667}} f. ?.</ref>|end=c. April, 1930<ref>Black Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/147/564.|D8125667}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ian Reddie Hamilton Black|nick=Ian R. H. Black|appt=September, 1930<ref>Black Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/147/564.|D8125667}} f. ?.</ref>|end=4 October, 1930<ref>Black Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/147/564.|D8125667}} f. ?.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Wakeful}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth|nick=Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth|appt=24 October, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 291}}|end=1931}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Godfrey Noel Brewer|nick=Godfrey N. Brewer|appt=22 September, 1931|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Dudley Burdett Dowling|nick=Dudley B. Dowling|appt=14 November, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 294}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Ratley Courthope-Munroe|nick=Noel R. Courthope-Munroe|appt=12 September, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 294}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Coleby Ransome|nick=Philip C. Ransome|appt=1 May, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 294}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (A '''I''' ''Fr'')|name=Henry Graham Dudley de Chair|nick=Henry G. D. de Chair|appt=November, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 294}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Neville Vincent Currey|nick=Edmund N. V. Currey|appt=21 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}|end=October 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Eric Lister Jones|nick=Eric L. Jones|appt=October 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}|end=7 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Reginald William Beecroft Lacon|nick=Reginald W. B. Lacon|appt=7 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}|end=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4271}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
− | {{WP| | + | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Wrestler_(1918)}} |
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Revision as of 08:30, 9 July 2019
H.M.S. Wrestler (1918) | |
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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]
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.
- ↑ 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.
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