H.M.S. Huntley (1919)

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H.M.S. Huntley (1919)
Pendant Number: T.12 (Apr 1919)
T.56 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Joseph T. Eltringham & Company[2]
Ordered: mid 1917[3]
Launched: 18 Jan, 1919[4]
Sunk: 31 Jan, 1941[5]
Fate: by aircraft in Mediterranean
H.M.S. Huntley was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Huntley paid off at Malta on 27 November, 1919.[6]

Paid off to a C. & M. Party on 17 October, 1924[7] and was completed to Reserve Complement the same day.[8]

She re-commissioned with Reserve Complement at Malta on 16 September, 1929.[9]

In the early 30s, she was still situated in Malta, her captain Lieutenant-Commander Voysey being in charge of minesweepers in reserve.[10][11]

Re-commissioned in reserve at Malta on 13 January, 1937 for service with the Second Minesweeping Flotilla on the China Station.[12]

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. 789.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 247.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 247.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 247.
  10. Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 246.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 249.
  13. Brothers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/220. f. 220.
  14. Brothers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/220. f. 220.
  15. Fleming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/525. f. 266.
  16. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 815.
  17. Fleming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/37/525. f. 266.
  18. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 246.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 246.
  20. Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
  21. Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
  22. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/42. f. 42.
  23. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/42. f. 42.
  24. Duthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/170. f. 170.
  25. Duthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/170. f. 170.
  26. Dean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/96. f. 96.
  27. Dean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/96. f. 96.
  28. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  29. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Hunt Class Minesweeper
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Cattistock Croome Dartmoor Garth Hambledon
Heythrop Holderness Meynell Muskerry Oakley
Pytchley Quorn Southdown Tedworth Zetland
Admiralty Design
Aberdare Abingdon Albury Alresford Beaufort
Collinson Appledore Leamington Badminton Bagshot
Barnstaple Swindon Banchory Bloxham Bradfield
Burslem Goole Blackburn Bootle Caerleon
Camberley Carstairs Caterham Battle Fermoy
Forfar Bury Cheam Gretna Harrow
Havant Huntley Instow Gaddesden Gainsborough
Northolt Clonmel Elgin Sherborne Tiverton
Tonbridge Tralee Tring Truro Kellett
Verwood Wem Wexford Craigie Derby
Dorking Dundalk Dunoon Fairfield Forres
Cupar Sutton Fareham Faversham Ford
Rugby Irvine Kendal Kinross Lydd
Longford Marlow Mistley Monaghan Mallaig
Malvern Marazion Munlochy Nailsea Newark
Repton Weybourne Pangbourne Penarth Petersfield
Pinner Pontypool Prestatyn Radley Ross
Salford Saltash Saltburn Selkirk Shrewsbury
Sligo Widnes Yeovil Stafford Stoke
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