H.M.S. Westminster (1918)
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| H.M.S. Westminster (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.02 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | 14 Apr, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[6] |
H.M.S. Westminster was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Commissioned on 14 April, 1918.[7]
She and several sister ships were re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923 to serve with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet. This formation assignment would last until at least mid-1931.[8]
The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 May, 1926.[9]
Westminster was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January 1929.[10]
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 April, 1931 for continued service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[11] She remained with them into at mid-1934 after that formation became attached to Home Fleet, being re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 May, 1933.[12]
Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 24 April, 1935.[13]
Re-commissioned in Reserve at Portsmouth on 25 June, 1936.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis G. Glossop, 25 March, 1918[15] – 17 May, 1920
- Lieutenant-Commander Cuthbert P. Blake, 12 April, 1920[16][17] – 1 September, 1920[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 September, 1920[19][20] – 29 November, 1921[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 29 November, 1921[22] – 16 May, 1922[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ivan B. Colvin, 12 May, 1922[24][25] – 20 March, 1923[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie T. Creery Hill, 20 March, 1923[27][28] – 5 May, 1925[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Irvine G. Glennie, 5 May, 1925 – c. March, 1927
- Lieutenant-Commander Theodore F. A. Voysey, March, 1927[30][31] – April, 1929[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter J. Phipps, c. early May, 1929[33] – 13 April, 1931[34] (transferred in from Wakeful)
- Lieutenant-Commander William A. R. Cartwright, 13 April, 1931[35][36] – 4 January, 1933[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander Archibald B. Russell, 4 January, 1933[38]
- Lieutenant-Commander Miles A. G. Child, 5 January, 1935[39]
- Lieutenant-Commander Aymé A. C. Ouvry, 20 December, 1939[40] – 10 August, 1942[41]
- Lieutenant in Command Gordon T. S. Gray, 28 January, 1941[42] – February, 1941[43] (temporary?)
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold G. Bowerman, 10 August, 1942[44] – 17 January, 1945[45]
- Lieutenant in Command John E. Dyer, 17 January, 1945[46] – mid 1945[47]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1920). p. 899.
- ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 899.
- ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
- ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/332. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
- ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
- ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
- ↑ Phipps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/52. f. 52.
- ↑ Phipps Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/52. f. 52.
- ↑ Cartwright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/75. f. 75.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
- ↑ Cartwright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/75. f. 75.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 291.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 6 Dec. 1934, p. 4.
- ↑ 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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