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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=1 May, 1933{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Friday, Apr 07, 1933; pg. 9; Issue 46413}}|end=22 September, 1933{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=1 May, 1933{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Friday, Apr 07, 1933; pg. 9; Issue 46413}}|end=22 September, 1933{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=22 September, 1933{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Tuesday, Sep 19, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46553}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=22 September, 1933{{ToL|Naval Appointments|Tuesday, Sep 19, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46553}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hilary Worthington Biggs|nick=Hilary W. Biggs|appt=|end=26 August, 1935{{ToL|Command of the Amazon|Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hilary Worthington Biggs|nick=Hilary W. Biggs|appt=|end=26 August, 1935{{ToL|Command of the Amazon|Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harry Douglas Barlow|nick=Harry D. Barlow|appt=26 August, 1935{{ToL|Command of the Amazon|Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harry Douglas Barlow|nick=Harry D. Barlow|appt=26 August, 1935{{ToL|Command of the Amazon|Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lindsay de Villiers|nick=Lindsay de Villiers|appt=15 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 214}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lindsay de Villiers|nick=Lindsay de Villiers|appt=15 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 214}}|end=}} | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 29 May 2018
| H.M.S. Amazon (1926) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D39 |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
| Laid down: | 29 Jan, 1925[1] |
| Launched: | 27 Jan, 1926[2] |
| Completed: | 1926[3] |
| Commissioned: | 9 May, 1927[4] |
| Sold: | 24 Oct, 1948[5] |
H.M.S. Amazon was a Thornycroft-built prototype destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid 1920s. She and Yarrow & Company's Ambuscade helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the "A" and "B" Class Destroyers of 1929-30.
There was an earlier Amazon launched in 1908.
Construction and Service
Amazon was commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 May, 1927 under the command of Commander Francis Howard, who had been appointed to the ship almost a year earlier.[6]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth 16 October, 1928 for service wqith the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]
She commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 June, 1932.[8]
Re-commissoioned on 1 September, 1933.[9]
Re-commissioned on 3 September, 1934.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Francis Howard, 26 July, 1926[11] – 5 November, 1928
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 29 October, 1928[12] – 19 April, 1930[13] (may have been loaned out part of the time)
- Commander Eric J. Shelley, 19 April, 1930[Inference] – 24 April, 1931
- Commander Philip H. Calderon, 26 April, 1932[14] – 1 May, 1933[Inference] (transferred in from Tenedos)
- Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, 1 May, 1933[15] – 22 September, 1933[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander William D. G. Weir, 22 September, 1933[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hilary W. Biggs, – 26 August, 1935[17]
- Lieutenant in Command Harry D. Barlow, 26 August, 1935[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Lindsay de Villiers, 15 December, 1936[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
- ↑ 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. (January, 1933). p. 214.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 07, 1933; pg. 9; Issue 46413.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Sep 19, 1933; pg. 7; Issue 46553.
- ↑ "Command of the Amazon." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152.
- ↑ "Command of the Amazon." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 26, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47152.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
Bibliography
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