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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Lushington Coleridge|nick=Guy L. Coleridge|appt=6 November, 1928<ref>Coleridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|end=30 May, 1929<ref>Coleridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Lushington Coleridge|nick=Guy L. Coleridge|appt=6 November, 1928<ref>Coleridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>|end=30 May, 1929<ref>Coleridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 160.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Brooke|nick=John Brooke|appt=28 September, 1931|end=22 December, 1931}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Brooke|nick=John Brooke|appt=28 September, 1931|end=22 December, 1931}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Lindsay Jackson|nick=William L. Jackson|appt=15 October, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 230}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Lumley St. George Lyster|nick=Arthur L. St. G. Lyster|appt=November, 1932{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1933{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond|appt=January, 1933{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1934{{MackieRNW}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Lindsay Jackson|nick=William L. Jackson|appt=15 October, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 230}}|end=July, 1937}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Leigh Stuart King|nick=Edward L. S. King|appt=July, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Frederick Hubert Sawyer|nick=John F. H. Sawyer|appt=|end=7 March, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Frederick Hubert Sawyer|nick=John F. H. Sawyer|appt=|end=7 March, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=7 March, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=7 April, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=7 March, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=7 April, 1938<ref>Baxter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allan Poland|nick=Allan Poland|appt=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wentworth Farquhar|nick=John W. Farquhar|appt=February, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril George Bucknill Coltart|nick=Cyril G. B. Coltart|appt=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant|nick=Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant|appt=June, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Waldemar William Powell Shirley-Rollison|nick=Waldemar W. P. Shirley-Rollison|appt=March, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1942{{MackieRNW}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Ronald Christopher Leggatt|nick=William R. C. Leggatt|appt=June, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=April, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Taylor White|nick=Richard T. White|appt=April, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=}} | |||
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Revision as of 17:49, 14 November 2016
| H.M.S. Despatch (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 30 (Jun 1922)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
| Laid down: | 8 Jul, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 24 Sep, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | 15 Jun, 1922[5] |
| Sold: | Apr, 1946[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
Service
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Robert C. Hamilton, 1 April, 1922[7] – May, 1924[8]
- Captain Robert C. Davenport, 25 April, 1924[9]
- Captain Andrew B. Cunningham, January, 1928[10] – July, 1928[11] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to America & West Indies)
- Captain Alban T. B. Curteis, 21 June, 1928[12] – 21 October, 1928[13] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Fuller on transfer of command of station)
- Captain Ralph Leatham, November, 1928 – c. 6 November, 1928
- Captain Guy L. Coleridge, 6 November, 1928[14] – 30 May, 1929[15]
- Captain Frederic N. Attwood, July, 1930[16] – May, 1931[17]
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 23 June, 1931[18] – 29 September, 1931[19] (temporary)
- Commander John Brooke, 28 September, 1931 – 22 December, 1931
- Captain Arthur L. St. G. Lyster, November, 1932[20] – January, 1933[21]
- Captain The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond, January, 1933[22] – December, 1934[23]
- Captain William L. Jackson, 15 October, 1935[24] – July, 1937
- Captain Edward L. S. King, July, 1937[25] – January, 1938[26]
- Commander John F. H. Sawyer, – 7 March, 1938[27]
- Commander Francis R. Baxter, 7 March, 1938[28] – 7 April, 1938[29]
- Captain Allan Poland, July, 1939[30] – February, 1940[31]
- Captain John W. Farquhar, February, 1940[32] – June, 1940[33]
- Captain Cyril G. B. Coltart, June, 1940[34] – June, 1940[35]
- Captain Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant, June, 1940[36] – March, 1942[37]
- Captain Waldemar W. P. Shirley-Rollison, March, 1942[38] – April, 1942[39]
- Captain William R. C. Leggatt, June, 1942[40] – April, 1944[41]
- Captain Richard T. White, April, 1944[42]
Alterations
Despatch was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.[43]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 748.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 232.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
- ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.
Bibliography
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
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