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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Abingdon'' paid off at Malta 26 November, 1919.{{NLJul24|p. 214}} | |||
Paid off to a C. & M. Party (likely at Malta) and completed to reserve complement on 22 November, 1924.{{NLJul27|p. 214}} | |||
''Abingdon'' was re-commissioned with Reserve Complement at Malta on 26 September, 1929.{{NLOct35|p. 213}} | |||
She paid off into Reserve at [[Singapore]] on 4 April, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 213}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Orgee|nick=John Orgee|appt=1 October, 1918{{NLSep19|p. 722}}|end=26 November, 1919}} | ||
{{ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Scott Bardwell|nick=William S. Bardwell|appt=14 September, 1935<ref>Bardwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/87.|D7605674}} f. 87.</ref>|end=28 September, 1936<ref>Bardwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/87.|D7605674}} f. 87.</ref>|note=vice "Carnage"[?], and as Senior Officer, {{UK-MSF|2}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Forster Agutter|nick=Geoffrey F. Agutter|appt=1 April, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 253}}|end=19 August, 1939{{INF}}|note=and as Senior Officer, {{UK-MSF|2}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Arthur Ronald Farquhar|nick=Arthur R. Farquhar|appt=19 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|6512}}|end=March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|6512}}|note=and as Senior Officer, {{UK-MSF|2}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Graham Allen Simmers|nick=Graham A. Simmers|appt=March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|6512}}|end=5 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|6512}}|succBy=Vessel Lost}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 15 March 2021
| H.M.S. Abingdon (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 3453[1] |
| Pendant Number: | N.9C (Nov 1919)[2] |
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1917[4] |
| Launched: | 11 Jun, 1918[5] |
| Bombed: | 5 Apr, 1942[6] |
H.M.S. Abingdon was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Abingdon paid off at Malta 26 November, 1919.[7]
Paid off to a C. & M. Party (likely at Malta) and completed to reserve complement on 22 November, 1924.[8]
Abingdon was re-commissioned with Reserve Complement at Malta on 26 September, 1929.[9]
She paid off into Reserve at Singapore on 4 April, 1937.[10]
Captains
- Lieutenant in Command John Orgee, 1 October, 1918[11] – 26 November, 1919
- Commander William S. Bardwell, 14 September, 1935[12] – 28 September, 1936[13] (vice "Carnage"[?], and as Senior Officer, Second Minesweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey F. Agutter, 1 April, 1939[14] – 19 August, 1939[Inference] (and as Senior Officer, Second Minesweeping Flotilla)
- Captain (retired) Arthur R. Farquhar, 19 August, 1939[15] – March, 1940[16] (and as Senior Officer, Second Minesweeping Flotilla)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Graham A. Simmers, March, 1940[17] – 5 April, 1942[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "C" denotes Code pendant here. p. 112.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 213.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 213.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 722.
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 253.
- ↑ 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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