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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Bideford'' (1931)|fate2=
|fatedate=1949{{Conways1922|p. 56}}
|name=Bideford
|builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1922|p. 56}}
|launch=1 Apr, 1931{{Conways1922|p. 56}}
|fate=Broken up
|pend=L43, later U43
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Bideford''''' was one of eight [[Shoreham Class Sloop (1930)|''Shoreham'' Class sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
''Bideford'' was placed under the command of Cdr. [[Percy Frank Pilkington Wood]] on 16 October 1931 for trials.  Upon their completion, he commissioned her for service.  Due at Aden on 6 January, 1932, he was to proceed to Muscat to relieve the {{UK-Hastings|f=t}}, exchanging ships with her commander, D. S. McGrath. 
{{ToL|Sloops on Foreign Service|6 Jan. 1932, p. 6}}

She was commissioned at Chatham on 15 November, 1932 for service in the [[Persian Gulf]].{{NLJan33|p. 217}}

Re-commissioned on 17 November 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 218}}

Re-commissioned at [[Malta]] on 12 December, 1938 for service in the [[Persian Gulf]].{{NLMay39|p. 262}}

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Bideford''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy Frank Pilkington Wood|nick=Percy F. P. Wood|appt=16 October, 1931<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|end=17 January, 1932<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=transferred out to {{UK-Hastings}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=17 January, 1932<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=9 April, 1932<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|note=removed from command following negative report from S.N.O., [[Persian  Gulf]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Conyngham Denison|nick=Edward C. Denison|appt=25 March, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 217}}|ass=7 May, 1932|end=March, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Austin Browne|nick=Charles A. Browne|appt=2 February, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 217}}|end=8 November, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Blake Fisher|nick=Douglas B. Fisher|appt=25 September, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 218}}|ass=8 November, 1934|end=1935|note=and as S.N.O, Persian Gulf from 30 November, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Blake Fisher|nick=Douglas B. Fisher|appt=29 June, 1936|end=30 October, 1936<ref>Wadham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/103.|}} f. 103.</ref>|note=vice "Barnes"}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Wyndham Wadham|nick=Geoffrey W. Wadham|appt=30 October, 1936<ref>Wadham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/103.|}} f. 103.</ref>|end=20 February, 1937<ref>Wadham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/103.|}} f. 103.</ref>|note=vice Fisher}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=18 February, 1937|end=17 April, 1938|note=and as S.N.O, Persian Gulf from 20 February, 1937}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=30 July, 1938|end=1 October, 1938|note=and as S.O., Minesweeping Flotilla, Mediterranean}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Haines Faulkner|nick=George H. Faulkner|appt=1 November, 1938|end=2 December, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=14 November, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 262}}|end=12 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Francis Elkins|nick=Robert F. Elkins|appt=12 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=16 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hugh Lewes|nick=John Hugh Lewes|appt=16 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=15 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=William Josselyn Moore|nick=William J. Moore|appt=15 November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=22 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Francis Hollins|nick=William F. Hollins|appt=22 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=4 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Rowe Westmacott|nick=John R. Westmacott|appt=4 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=February, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNR}}|name=Herbert James Beverley|nick=Herbert J. Beverley|appt=1 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRNR}}|name=Alan Henry Pierce|nick=Alan H. Pierce|appt=December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|3885}}}}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bideford_(L43)}}
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==Footnotes==
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