H.M.S. Winchelsea (1917)

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H.M.S. Winchelsea (1917)
Pendant Number: F.40 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: J. Samuel White[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 15 Dec, 1917[4]
Completed: 20 Apr, 1918[5]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1945[6]

H.M.S. Winchelsea was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Winchelsea joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in March 1918.[7]

She re-commissioned on 27 August, 1920.[8]

Winchelsea was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 September, 1924 to serve with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9] She would remain with the flotilla through at least mid-1931.

Winchelsea was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 May, 1927 to serve with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 December, 1929 for continued work with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Harold William Seaman.[11]

Paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 12 April, 1932.[12]

Winchelsea was commissioned at The Nore on 28 May, 1934 for service with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[13]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 February, 1937 for duty with the Fifth Submarine Flotilla.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 12.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 292.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  15. Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  16. Houstoun Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/149. f. 354.
  17. Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
  19. Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  20. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  21. Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.
  23. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
  25. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 289.
  27. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/174. f. 173.
  28. Cousins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/124. f. 126.
  29. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 289.
  30. Cousins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/124. f. 126.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 289.
  32. Jolly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/122. f. 122.
  33. Jolly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/122. f. 122.
  34. Jolly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/122. f. 122.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 292.
  36. Maurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/90. f. 90.
  37. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 292.
  38. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  39. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 245.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  42. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 7 Dec. 1937, p. 27.
  43. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), }2 Dec. 1937, p. 4.
  44. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
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  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
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