H.M.S. Hawkins (1917)

H.M.S. Hawkins (1917)
Pendant Number:	8A (Jul 1919)
Builder:	Chatham Royal Dockyard
Ordered:	Dec, 1915
Laid down:	3 Jun, 1916
Launched:	1 Oct, 1917
Commissioned:	24 Jul, 1919
Sold:	26 Aug, 1947
Fate:	Scrapped

H.M.S. Hawkins was one of four Hawkins class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy shortly after the end of the Great War.

Service

Hawkins was commissioned on 23 July, 1919 and became the flagship on the China Station, first flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Alexander L. Duff.

She was re-commissioned for continued service on the China Station as flagship on 21 April, 1921.

Hawkins was re-commissioned at Singapore on 30 June, 1923 and became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief, China Station Sir Allan F. Everett.

She was re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 3 February, 1926 to continue her function as a component of Fifth Cruiser Squadron and as flagship of the C-in-C.

Paid off into Dockyard Control on 12 November, 1928.

Re-commissioned in reserve at Portsmouth on 5 May, 1931. She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 21 September, 1932 for service with the Fourth Cruiser Squadron in the East Indies.

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 April, 1935.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Captain Reginald G. H. Henderson, 24 July, 1919  (and as Flag Captain and C.o.S. to V/A Duff)
• Captain William M. James, June, 1921 – September, 1922
• Captain Argentine H. Alington, 10 September, 1922 – November, 1924  (and as Flag Captain and C.O.S. to Admiral Sir A. C. Leveson)
• Captain Percy R. Stevens, 26 October, 1923 – 9 December, 1925  (vice "Robinson")
• Captain Walter J. C. Lake, after 1 October, 1924 – 2 October, 1926
• Captain Lawrence W. Braithwaite, 2 October, 1926 – late 1928  (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Admirals Alexander Sinclair and Tyrwhitt, in succession)
• Captain Wilfred N. Custance, 5 November, 1929  (for period of trials)
• Captain Aubrey Lambert, 14 December, 1929 – 31 December, 1929  (for trials)
• Captain Lancelot E. Holland, 31 December, 1929 – 28 May, 1931  (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Best)
• Captain Charles E. Morgan, 29 April, 1931 – 3 April, 1932
• Commander Gerald H. Warner, 2 April, 1932 – 21 September, 1932
• Captain Tom S. V. Phillips, 21 September, 1932 – 5 July, 1935  (as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to C-in-C, East Indies)
• Commander Walter W. Sitwell, 24 July, 1935 – 19 November, 1935
• Commander Frank D. Morris, 19 November, 1935 – 19 August, 1936
• Captain Wilfrid R. Patterson, 3 March, 1936 – 10 May, 1937  (to take command upon trsansfer of flag)
• Commander Lancelot V. Donne, 10 May, 1937 – 23 May, 1937  (temporary, and as Commander (D), Reserve Fleet)
• Captain Wilfrid R. Patterson, 21 July, 1937 – 14 February, 1938  ("vice Bell")
• Captain Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 14 February, 1938 – 21 June, 1938  (and as Flag Captain)
• Lieutenant-Commander Thomas I. S. Bell, 24 June, 1938 – 29 September, 1938  (temporary, and for command of a group of miscellaneous craft)
• Captain Wilfred A. Whitaker, c. 9 September, 1938 – 15 November, 1939
• Captain Eustace Rotherham, 15 November, 1939 – 1940
• Captain Harry P. K. Oram, 6 May, 1940 – 2 February, 1942
• Commander (retired) Peter K. Wallace, 2 February, 1942 – 17 March, 1942
• Commander Michael Everard, 17 March, 1942 – 16 April, 1942
• Captain Godfrey A. French, 16 April, 1942 – 13 January, 1943
• Commander Michael Everard, 13 January, 1943 – 19 February, 1943
• Captain Godfrey A. French, 19 February, 1943 – 28 June, 1943
• Commander Michael Everard, 28 June, 1943 – 1 July, 1943
• Captain John W. Josselyn, 1 July, 1943 – 8 October, 1944
• Captain (retired) Edward C. Watson, 8 October, 1944 – 16 December, 1944
• Acting Commander Arthur A. Havers, 16 December, 1944 – mid 1945

There seems to be some overlap in the above.

See Also

• Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.