U.S.S. Edwards (1918)
From The Dreadnought Project
U.S.S. Edwards (1918) | |
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Hull Number: | DD-265 |
Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard[1] |
Laid down: | 20 Apr, 1918[2] |
Launched: | 10 Oct, 1918[3] |
Commissioned: | 24 Apr, 1919[4] |
Decommissioned: | 8 Jun, 1922[5] |
Sold: | Jun, 1945[6] |
Fate: | as H.M.S. Buxton |
Service
Edwards was commissioned on 24 April, 1919 at Boston Navy Yard with Commander Pierre L. Wilson in command.
Edwards was one of the fifty U.S. destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940, becoming H.M.S. Buxton.
Captains
- Commander Pierre L. Wilson, 24 April, 1919
- Lieutenant-Commander (emergency) Earl Beattie, 5 October, 1940[7] – 5 November, 1941[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander William W. Fitzroy, 5 November, 1941[9] – late 1941[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) William A. Moens, 27 January, 1942[11] – 25 July, 1942[12]
- Acting Captain Edward M. C. Barraclough, 23 April, 1942[13] – 28 April, 1942[14] (overlap noted)
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) George W. E. Castens, 23 April, 1942[15] – 28 April, 1942[16] (conflict noted)
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Ismay J. Tyson, 25 July, 1942[17] – mid 1943[18]
- Lieutenant in Command Richard S. Beveridge, mid 1943[19] – late 1943[20]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 436.
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