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.
- Commander Alexander S. Douglas, 8 June, 1918[16][17] – 22 May, 1919[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Maxwell, 22 May, 1919[19][20] – 14 July, 1921[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 14 July, 1921[22] – 27 September, 1923[23]
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 27 September, 1923[24] – 1 January, 1924[25][26]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 1 January, 1924[27][28] – 1 September, 1924[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, 19 February, 1925[30] – 1 April, 1925[31] (for Mediterranean Fleet Exercises)
- Commander Charles G. Stuart, 8 May, 1926[32] – 10 September, 1926[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donal S. McGrath, 10 September, 1926[34] – 1927[35]
- Commander Charles G. Stuart, March, 1927[36] – 8 August, 1927[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey B. O'B. Harding, 16 April, 1930[37] – 24 September, 1930[38]
- Commander Henry W. U. McCall, 18 February, 1931[39] – 5 July, 1931[40] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Meredith S. Spalding, 24 May, 1931[41] – c. 11 September, 1931[Inference]
- Commander Alfred G. Hine, 11 September, 1931[42] – 1 January, 1932[43] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 1 January, 1932[44][45] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Henry T. W. Pawsey, 17 January, 1934[46][47] – 16 July, 1936 (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Francis H. M. Vaughan, 16 July, 1936[48] – 25 June, 1937 (loaned to Template:UK-Vimy in command during Woolston's refit)
- Commander Henry J. Haynes, 25 June, 1937[49] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander George F. Stevens-Guille, 18 July, 1938[50] – 3 January, 1939[51]
- Commander Harry P. Currey, – 18 May, 1939[52] (transferred out with crew to Walker)
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter J. Phipps, 5 September, 1939[53] – 24 April, 1941[54]
- Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth W. Michell, 24 April, 1941[55] – September, 1942[56]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick W. Hawkins, September, 1942[57] – October, 1943[58]
- Lieutenant in Command Jack B. Cox, October, 1943[59] – May, 1945[60]
- Lieutenant in Command John V. Brothers, May, 1945[61] – mid 1945[62]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 945.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174. Month is not certain here, due to legibility.
- ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174.
- ↑ McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
- ↑ McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 July 1936, p. 19.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
- ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
- ↑ "Anti-Submarine Flotilla." The Times (London, England), 20 Apr. 1939, p. 26.
- ↑ 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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