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Reduced to Reserve on 25 May, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 215}}
 
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She was commissioned at Chatham on 15 March, 1939 under the command of Lt. Cdr. [[Norman Vivian Joseph Thompson Thew|Norman V. J. T. Thew]].{{NLMay39|p. 256}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Norrie Graham|nick=Charles G. N. Graham|appt=18 November, 1929|end=5 February, 1930|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Norrie Graham|nick=Charles G. N. Graham|appt=18 November, 1929|end=5 February, 1930|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Andrew Hussey|nick=Thomas A. Hussey|appt=13 February, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 216}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Andrew Hussey|nick=Thomas A. Hussey|appt=13 February, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 216}}|end=November, 1931<ref>Hussey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/150.|}} f. 150.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Abernethy McCoy|nick=James A. McCoy|appt=19 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Abernethy McCoy|nick=James A. McCoy|appt=19 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevylyan Michael Napier|nick=Trevylyan M. Napier|appt=9 January, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 215}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevylyan Michael Napier|nick=Trevylyan M. Napier|appt=9 January, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 215}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I ''Fr.''''')|name=Thomas John Norman Hilken|nick=Thomas J. N. Hilken|appt=23 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 215}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''', ''Fr.'')|name=Thomas John Norman Hilken|nick=Thomas J. N. Hilken|appt=23 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 215}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel Peyton Skipwith|nick=Lionel P. Skipwith|appt=c. early 1937{{ToL|Return of the 3rd Flotilla|3 Mar. 1937, p. 19}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Norman Vivian Joseph Thompson Thew|nick=Norman V. J. T. Thew|appt=15 March, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 256}}{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}|end=14 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Victor Cecil Froggatt Clark|nick=Victor C. F. Clark|appt=14 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}|end=25 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Michael Hodges|nick=John M. Hodges|appt=25 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}|end=25 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Henry Wallace|nick=John H. Wallace|appt=25 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}|end=11 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Anthony Charles Denniss Leach|nick=Anthony C. D. Leach|appt=11 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}|end=February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting temporary {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Arthur St. George Walton|nick=Arthur St. G. Walton|appt=February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}|end=July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNVR}}|name=William Ridley Morton Murdoch|nick=William R. M. Murdoch|appt=July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4344}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:25, 15 July 2021

H.M.S. Anthony (1929)
Pendant Number: H40
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down: 30 Jul, 1928
Launched: 24 Apr, 1929
Commissioned: 14 Feb, 1930
Sold: 21 Feb, 1948

H.M.S. Anthony was one of eleven "A" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Anthony was commissioned at Chatham on 11 March, 1930 for duty with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[1]

Lt. Cdr. James Abernethy McCoy re-commissioned her at Chatham on 18 October, 1932 for continued service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[2]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 23 July, 1935 for service with 3 D.F. in the Mediterranean.[3]

Reduced to Reserve on 25 May, 1937.[4]

She was commissioned at Chatham on 15 March, 1939 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Norman V. J. T. Thew.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 215.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 215.
  5. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 256.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  7. Hussey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/150. f. 150.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 215.
  11. "Return of the 3rd Flotilla." The Times (London, England), 3 Mar. 1937, p. 19.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 256.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"A" and "B" Class Destroyer
"A" Class Leader
  Codrington  
Destroyers
  Acasta Achates Active Antelope  
  Anthony Ardent Arrow Acheron  
Canadian Destroyers
  Saguenay Skeena  
"B" Class Leader
  Keith  
Destroyers
  Basilisk Beagle Blanche Boadicea  
  Boreas Brazen Brilliant Bulldog  
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