H.M.S. Wanderer (1919)
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| H.M.S. Wanderer (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.74 (Sep 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 1 May, 1919[4][5] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Sep, 1919[6] |
| Sold: | 31 Jan, 1946[7] |
H.M.S. Wanderer was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class. She was not completed before the end of the war.
Service
Wanderer was commissioned on 1 September, 1919.[8] Another source gives her completion date as 18 September.[9]
She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923 to serve with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]
She re-commissioned at Malta on 29 January, 1927 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[11]
She was re-commissioned on 16 October, 1928 to serve with the Third Destroyer Flotilla, this time back in the Mediterranean.[12]
Reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 22 September, 1930.[13]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 March, 1937.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Basil W. L. Owen, 1 September, 1919[15][16] – 15 December, 1921[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ernest R. Archer, July, 1923[18] – July, 1924[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Paul F. P. Berryman, 15 December, 1921[20] – July, 1923
- Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, 20 June, 1924[21][22] – 19 February, 1925[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, 1 April, 1925[24][25] – 13 March, 1926[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donal S. McGrath, 1 February, 1926[27] – 5 August, 1926[28]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Cassidi, 30 November, 1926[29] (for transfer to Malta)
- Commander Louis H. K. Hamilton, 6 January, 1927 (for passage to China)
- Commander Donal S. McGrath, March, 1927[30][31] – December, 1927[32] (took command upon transfer from Woolston)
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald M. J. Hutton, 17 September, 1928[33][34] – November, 1929[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin C. L. Mackenzie, c. October 1930 – c. November 1930 (for passage to Rosyth)
- Lieutenant-Commander Alec M. McKillop, January, 1937[36]
- Commander Reginald F. Morice, 31 July, 1939[37][38] – 24 May, 1940[39][40]
- Commander John H. Ruck-Keene, 24 May, 1940[41] – 14 November, 1940[42]
- Commander Arthur F. St. G. Orpen, 14 November, 1940[43] – 10 February, 1942[44]
- Lieutenant-Commander Denis H. P. Gardiner, 10 February, 1942[45] – early 1943[46]
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald F. Whinney, 20 April, 1943[47] – mid 1944[48]
- Lieutenant in Command Peter R. Michell, mid 1944[49] – late 1944[50]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 226.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 897.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 897.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 290.
- ↑ Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 897.
- ↑ Owen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/219. f. ?.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 841.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 287.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 287.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ Cassidi Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/51. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 286.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/172. f. 172.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 287.
- ↑ Hutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/172. f. 172.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 290.
- ↑ Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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