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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}} | {{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}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name= | {{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=29 August, 1939<ref>Bickford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>}} | {{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=29 August, 1939<ref>Bickford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/96/43.|}} f. 63.</ref>|end=1 September, 1940|note= | {{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) | |
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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
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas J. N. Hilken, 27 October, 1934[4]
- Commander Casper S. B. Swinley, 30 April, 1935[5] – 1 April, 1937
- Commander Percy J. Oliver, 1 April, 1937[6] – 29 August, 1939[7]
- Captain Jack G. Bickford, 29 August, 1939[8] – 1 September, 1940 (mortally wounded in command off Dunkirk)
- Lieutenant-Commander David H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, 1 September, 1940[9] – late 1940[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis J. Cartwright, 22 July, 1941[11] – 3 June, 1943[12] (vessel transferred to R.C.N. as H.M.C.S. Gatineau)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), October 27, 1934, Issue 46896, p.7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
- ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
- ↑ Bickford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/43. f. 63.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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