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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 Douglas B. Le Mottée, 25 June, 1926 – February, 1927^[10]
Captain Robert B. Ramsay, 24 February, 1927^[11] – January, 1928^[12]
Captain Andrew B. Cunningham, January, 1928^[13] – July, 1928^[14] (and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to America & West Indies)
Captain Alban T. B. Curteis, 21 June, 1928^[15] – 21 October, 1928^[16] (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^[17] – 30 May, 1929^[18]
Captain Frederic N. Attwood, July, 1930^[19] – May, 1931^[20]
Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 23 June, 1931^[21] – 29 September, 1931^[22] (temporary)
Commander John Brooke, 28 September, 1931 – 22 December, 1931
Captain Arthur L. St. G. Lyster, November, 1932^[23] – January, 1933^[24]
Captain The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond, January, 1933^[25] – December, 1934^[26]
Captain William L. Jackson, 15 October, 1935^[27] – July, 1937
Captain Edward L. S. King, July, 1937^[28] – January, 1938^[29]
Commander John F. H. Sawyer, – 7 March, 1938^[30]
Commander Francis R. Baxter, 7 March, 1938^[31] – 7 April, 1938^[32]
Captain Allan Poland, July, 1939^[33] – February, 1940^[34]
Captain John W. Farquhar, February, 1940^[35] – June, 1940^[36]
Captain Cyril G. B. Coltart, June, 1940^[37] – June, 1940^[38]
Captain Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant, June, 1940^[39] – March, 1942^[40]
Captain Waldemar W. P. Shirley-Rollison, March, 1942^[41] – April, 1942^[42]
Captain William R. C. Leggatt, June, 1942^[43] – April, 1944^[44]
Captain Richard T. White, April, 1944^[45]

Alterations

Despatch was probably fitted with a director on launch or very soon thereafter.^[46]

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.
↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.
↑ 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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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 50.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.

[5] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 748.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 62.

[7] Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.

[8] Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 232.

[10] Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.

[11] Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.

[12] Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/137. ff. 75, 78.

[13] Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.

[14] Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.

[15] Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.

[16] Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.

[17] Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.

[18] Coleridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 160.

[19] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[20] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[21] Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.

[22] Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.

[23] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[24] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[25] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[26] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[27] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 230.

[28] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[29] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[30] Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.

[31] Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.

[32] Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.

[33] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[34] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[35] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[36] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[37] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[38] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[39] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[40] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[41] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[42] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[43] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[44] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[45] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[46] The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 23. pp. 11-12.

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