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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas John Norman Hilken|nick=Thomas J. N. Hilken|appt=27 October, 1934{{NavAppts|October 27, 1934, Issue 46896, p.7}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Casper Silas Balfour Swinley|nick=Casper S. B. Swinley|appt=30 April, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 239}}|end=1 April, 1937}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy James Oliver|nick=Percy J. Oliver|appt=1 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 239}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy James Oliver|nick=Percy J. Oliver|appt=1 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 239}}|end=29 August, 1939<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Jack Grant Bickford|nick=Jack G. Bickford|appt=25 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}|end=1 September, 1940|note=killed while in command at Dunkirk}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Jack Grant Bickford|nick=Jack G. Bickford|appt=29 August, 1939<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>|end=1 September, 1940|note=mortally wounded in command off Dunkirk}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton|nick=David H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton|appt=1 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton|nick=David H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton|appt=1 September, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Jack Cartwright|nick=Francis J. Cartwright|appt=22 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}|end=3 June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}|note=vessel transferred to R.C.N. as H.M.C.S. ''Gatineau''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Jack Cartwright|nick=Francis J. Cartwright|appt=22 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}|end=3 June, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4382}}|note=vessel transferred to R.C.N. as H.M.C.S. ''Gatineau''}}

Latest revision as of 00:06, 25 February 2021

H.M.S. Express (1934)
Pendant Number: H61
Builder: Swan Hunter
Launched: 29 May, 1934[1]
Commissioned: 2 Nov, 1934
Broken up: 1956[2]

H.M.S. Express was one of eighteen "E" and "F" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1935 for service in the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[3]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
  4. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), October 27, 1934, Issue 46896, p.7.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 239.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
  7. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  8. ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


"E" and "F" Class Destroyer
"E" Class Leader
  Exmouth  
Destroyers
  Echo Eclipse Electra Encounter  
  Escapade Escort Esk Express  
"F" Class Leader
  Faulknor  
Destroyers
  Fame Fearless Firedrake Forester  
  Foresight Fortune Foxhound Fury  
<– "C" and "D" Class Destroyers (UK) "G", "H" and "I" Class –>


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