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|name=Eclipse
|name=Eclipse
|launch=12 Apr, 1934{{Conways1922|p. 38}}
|launch=12 Apr, 1934{{Conways1922|p. 38}}
|builder=[[Denny]]
|builder=[[William Denny & Brothers]]
|fate=Sunk
|fate=Sunk
|pend=
|pend=H08
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Eclipse''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Eclipse''''' was one of eighteen [["E" and "F" Class Destroyer (1934)|"E" and "F" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
''Eclipse'' was mobilized in August 1914 for service with Cruiser Force G ({{UK-CS|12}}) covering the Western Approaches to the English Channel{{UKNSMonoX|p. 54}}.  With her squadron sent to Halifax as close escort for the Canadian Troop Convoy to the UK on 11th September 1914, which arrived in Plymouth on 13th October 1914.{{UKNSMonoIX|pp. 91-97}}  Temporary Flagship for the Squadron whilst ''{{UK-Euryalus}}'' was refitting from 31st October 1914.{{UKNSMonoIX|p. 100}}
''Eclipse'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 April, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 236}}
''Eclipse'' was paid off and disarmed at Devonport in March 1915.<ref>War Vessels and aircraft (British and foreign): monthly return showing distribution, Jan - Apr{{TNA|ADM 186/12.|C2487922}} April p. 14.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Eclipse''" nat=UK>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Eclipse''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Abernethy McCoy|nick=James A. McCoy|appt=late 1934<ref>McCoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>|end=18 July, 1935<ref>McCoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/145.|}} f. 145.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Guy Douglas Wetherfield|nick=John G. D. Wetherfield|appt=30 April, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 236}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ivo Thomas Clark|nick=Ivo T. Clark|appt=2 August, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 280}}|end=31 July, 1939{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Langton Woodhall|nick=Eric L. Woodhall|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4376}}|end=9 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4376}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ivo Thomas Clark|nick=Ivo T. Clark|appt=9 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4376}}|end=10 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4376}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Mack|nick=Edward Mack|appt=10 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4376}}|end=24 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4376}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 15:48, 15 July 2021

H.M.S. Eclipse (1934)
Pendant Number: H08
Builder: William Denny & Brothers
Launched: 12 Apr, 1934[1]
Sunk: 24 Oct, 1943[2]

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

Service

Eclipse was re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 April, 1935 for service with 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. 236.
  4. ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
  5. ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 236.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 280.
  8. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.
  13. ↑ 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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