H.M.S. Elgin (1919)
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| H.M.S. Elgin (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | T./5 (early 1919) T.39 (Nov 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | William Simons & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | mid 1917[3] |
| Launched: | 3 Mar, 1919[4] |
| Sold: | 20 Mar, 1945[5] |
H.M.S. Elgin was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 14 October, 1919.[6]
In January, 1921, she was at Southampton, one of twenty-eight paid off minesweepers there.[7]
From 1 April 1934, she was one of the destroyers and miesweepers of the Nore Reserve to be considered a tender of Cardiff rather than Malcolm.[8]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Henry G. Thomson, 26 February, 1919[9] – 10 March, 1919[10]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William H. Brown, 10 March, 1919[11] – 19 October, 1919[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. William G. Busk-Wood, July, 1919[13][14] – 31 March, 1920[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Geoffrey W. Wadham, 10 July, 1924[16][17] – 21 August, 1924[18] (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis Douglas-Watson, 1 July, 1935[19] – 19 July, 1935[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Bayley, 4 October, 1938[21] – April, 1941[22]
- Commander Reginald C. Haskett-Smith, April, 1941[23] – 6 June, 1941[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) George L. Barwell, 6 June, 1941[25] – 3 November, 1941[26]
- Template:LCommNZVR Frederick G. Tidswell, 3 November, 1941[27] – 1 January, 1943[28]
- Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Maurice Langham, 1 January, 1943[29] – 2 December, 1943[30]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Nicholas Psaroudis, 2 December, 1943[31] – c. September, 1944[32]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "/" denotes Oblique pendant here. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 708.
- ↑ "Fleet News in Brief." The Times (London, England), 14 Apr. 1934, p. 21.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/72. f. 72.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/72. f. 72.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/10. f. 10.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/10. f. 10.
- ↑ Busk-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/73. f. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 786.
- ↑ Busk-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/73. f. 73.
- ↑ Wadham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/103. f. 103.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
- ↑ Wadham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/103. f. 103.
- ↑ Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
- ↑ Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
- ↑ 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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- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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