H.M.S. Carstairs (1919)

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H.M.S. Carstairs (1919)
Pendant Number: T.08 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Bow, McLachlan & Company[2]
Ordered: mid 1917[3]
Launched: 18 Apr, 1919[4]
Sold: 26 Apr, 1935[5]
H.M.S. Carstairs was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Carstairs was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 28 January, 1920.[6]

In January, 1921, she was part of the Portsmouth Navigation School with reserve complement, one of three Hunt class minesweepers supporting Dryad.[7]

Carstairs re-commissioned with a reduced complement on 8 September, 1924, tender to Thunderer.[8]

On 27 October 1930, Carstairs left for a cadet training cruise in the Channel under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Edward Dallas Marston.[9]

The ship was re-commissioned on 1 November, 1932.[10]

She was transferred to Dockyard Control on 5 June, 1934.[11]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 742.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 704.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 222.
  9. "Cadets' Training Cruises." The Times (London, England), 27 Oct. 1930, p. 18.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 221.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 221.
  12. Nelson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/175. f. 175.
  13. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 753.
  14. Nelson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/175. f. 175.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 223.
  16. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  17. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  18. Blackburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/265. f. 344.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 223.
  20. Blackburn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/265. f. 344.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 223.
  22. Marston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/57. f. 57.
  23. Marston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/57. f. 57.
  24. Grey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/160. f. 160.
  25. Grey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/160. f. 160.

Bibliography


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