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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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| H.M.S. Worcester (1919) | |
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| Pendant Number: | D.96 (Sep 1922)[1] |
| Builder: | J. S. White[2] |
| Ordered: | Apr, 1918 (2nd Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 24 Oct, 1919[4] |
| Completed: | 20 Sep, 1922[5] |
| Broken up: | Sep, 1946[6] |
H.M.S. Worcester was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class. She was completed well after the end of the war.
Service
Worcester was not completed until September, 1922. She was re-commissioned on 16 November, 1922.[7]
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 8 October, 1923 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Francis H. G. Walker, 16 November, 1922[9][10] – 8 October, 1923[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander David B. Nicol, 8 October, 1923[12] – c. October, 1923[13] (temporary)
- Commander Richard M. Welby, October, 1923[14] – January, 1924[15]
- Commander Ambrose T. N. Abbay, January, 1924[16] – 22 April, 1926[17]
- Commander Ralph Kerr, 22 April, 1926[18] – August, 1927[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 314.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 291.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ Nicol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/133. f. 144.
- ↑ Nicol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/133. f. 144.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ Welby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/220. f. 284.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 291.
- ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
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