H.M.S. Amazon (1926)
| H.M.S. Amazon (1926) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D39 |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
| Laid down: | 29 Jan, 1925[1] |
| Launched: | 27 Jan, 1926[2] |
| Completed: | 1926[3] |
| Commissioned: | 9 May, 1927[4] |
| Sold: | 24 Oct, 1948[5] |
H.M.S. Amazon was a Thornycroft-built prototype destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid 1920s. She and Yarrow & Company's Ambuscade helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the "A" and "B" Class Destroyers of 1929-30.
There was an earlier Amazon launched in 1908.
Construction and Service
Amazon was commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May, 1927 under the command of Commander Francis Howard, who had been appointed to the ship almost a year earlier.[6]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth 16 October, 1928 for service wqith the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]
She commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 June, 1932.[8]
Re-commissioned on 1 September, 1933.[9]
Re-commissioned on 3 September, 1934.[10]
Amazon was hit by a practice torpedo while carrying out practice with the Vernon flotilla off Portland in the latter half of May, 1938.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Francis Howard, 26 July, 1926[12] – 5 November, 1928
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 29 October, 1928[13] – 19 April, 1930[14] (may have been loaned out part of the time)
- Commander Eric J. Shelley, 19 April, 1930[Inference] – 24 April, 1931
- Commander Eric L. Woodhall, 24 April, 1931[15] – 5 May, 1931[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander (in Command?) Campbell M. Lithgow, 30 June, 1931[17]
- Commander Philip H. Calderon, 26 April, 1932[18] – 1 May, 1933[Inference] (transferred in from Tenedos)
- Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, 1 May, 1933[19] – 22 September, 1933[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander William D. G. Weir, 22 September, 1933[20][21] – September, 1934[Inference] (and in command of Vanoc)
- Lieutenant-Commander Hilary W. Biggs, 3 September, 1934[22] – 26 August, 1935[23]
- Lieutenant in Command Harry D. Barlow, 26 August, 1935[24] – 16 September, 1935[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frank R. W. Parish, 16 September, 1935[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Lindsay de Villiers, 15 December, 1936[26] – May, 1938[27]
- Lieutenant in Command Robert H. Hodgkinson, 9 August, 1938[28] – c. September, 1938[Inference]
- Chief Gunner (T) in Command George J. Parker, 6 September, 1938[29] – 11 September, 1938[30] (vice "Burks[?]")
- Lieutenant-Commander Eric H. Dyke, 14 February, 1939[31] – mid 1939
- Lieutenant in Command Nigel E. G. Roper, 1 May, 1939[32]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
- ↑ "Destroyer Hit by Torpedo During Practice." The Guardian (London, England), 28 May 1938; p. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Woodhall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/189. f. ?.
- ↑ Woodhall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/189. f. ?.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 24 June 1931, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 07, 1933; pg. 9; Issue 46413.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 19, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46553.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, August 31, 1934, Issue 46847, p.5.
- ↑ "Command of the Amazon." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152.
- ↑ "Command of the Amazon." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, April 4, 1938, Issue 47960, p.25.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Aug. 1938, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 5 Sept. 1938, p. 7.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/160/17. f. 24.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 26 Jan. 1939, p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 255.
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