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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Paid off 14 November, 1919.{{NLApr25|. 240}} | Paid off 14 November, 1919.{{NLApr25|. 240}} | ||
As the Central Reserve of Minesweepers at Sheerness was being merged into the general Fleet Reserve at the Nore in February 1928, it was deemed necessary to trim the fat. ''Ford'' was one of ten obsolete minesweepers ordered to be placed on the for sale list, adding to a group of nine previously set for disposal.{{ToL|Obsolete Minesweepers|Friday, February 3, 1928, Issue 44807, p.7}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ford''" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ford''" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Kenneth Morland Greig|nick=Kenneth M. Greig|appt=6 January, 1919{{NLMar19|p. 795}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Richard Fisher|nick=Richard Fisher|appt=12 December, 1918<ref>Fisher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/133.|}} f. 133.</ref>{{NLJan19|p. 795}}|end=6 January, 1919<ref>Fisher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/133.|}} f. 133.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Kenneth Morland Greig|nick=Kenneth M. Greig|appt=6 January, 1919{{NLMar19|p. 795}}|end=July, 1919}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Reuben Hodge|nick=Reuben Hodge|appt=1 July, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 795}}|end=}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frank Henderson Pegram|nick=Frank H. Pegram|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=c. 20 August, 1924{{INF}}|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:32, 30 June 2021
| H.M.S. Ford (1918) | |
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| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 4363[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.2/ (Dec 1918) T.#7 (Nov 1919)[2] |
| Builder: | Dunlop Bremner & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1917[4] |
| Launched: | 19 Oct, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | Oct, 1928[6] |
H.M.S. Ford was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Paid off 14 November, 1919.[7]
As the Central Reserve of Minesweepers at Sheerness was being merged into the general Fleet Reserve at the Nore in February 1928, it was deemed necessary to trim the fat. Ford was one of ten obsolete minesweepers ordered to be placed on the for sale list, adding to a group of nine previously set for disposal.[8]
Captains
- Lieutenant in Command Richard Fisher, 12 December, 1918[9][10] – 6 January, 1919[11]
- Lieutenant in Command Kenneth M. Greig, 6 January, 1919[12] – July, 1919
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Reuben Hodge, 1 July, 1919[13]
- Lieutenant in Command Frank H. Pegram, 10 July, 1924[14] – c. 20 August, 1924[Inference] (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "/" and "#" denote Oblique and Numeral pendants here. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 113.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). . 240.
- ↑ "Obsolete Minesweepers." The Times (London, England), Friday, February 3, 1928, Issue 44807, p.7.
- ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/133. f. 133.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 795.
- ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/133. f. 133.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 795.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 795.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
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