H.M.S. Woolston (1918)

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H.M.S. Woolston (1918)
Pendant Number: F.08 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 27 Apr, 1918[4]
Completed: 28 Jun, 1918[5]
Commissioned: 18 Jun, 1918[6]
Sold: 18 Feb, 1947[7]

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

Service

Woolston was commissioned on 18 June, 1918.[8]

She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.[9]

Woolston was reduced to Reserve 1 April, 1925.[10]

Commissioned at Malta on 8 May, 1926.[11]

Woolston was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.[12]

She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.[13]

Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[14]

Re-commissioned on 18 August, 1936 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  16. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  17. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 945.
  18. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  19. Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
  21. Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
  22. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  23. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  24. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  25. Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  27. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
  29. Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
  30. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  31. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  32. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  33. Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  34. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  35. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
  37. Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174. Month is not certain here, due to legibility.
  38. Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174.
  39. McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
  40. McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
  42. Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  43. Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
  44. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
  45. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
  46. Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  47. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
  48. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 July 1936, p. 19.
  49. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
  50. Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  51. Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  52. "Anti-Submarine Flotilla." The Times (London, England), 20 Apr. 1939, p. 26.
  53. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
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