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|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 re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 April, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} of the [[Home Fleet]].{{NLJul37|p. 236}} | |||
==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=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=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=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=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}}}} | {{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) | |
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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
- Lieutenant-Commander James A. McCoy, late 1934[4] – 18 July, 1935[5]
- Lieutenant-Commander John G. D. Wetherfield, 30 April, 1935[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ivo T. Clark, 2 August, 1937[7] – 31 July, 1939[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander Eric L. Woodhall, 31 July, 1939[8] – 9 November, 1939[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander Ivo T. Clark, 9 November, 1939[10] – 10 January, 1942[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward Mack, 10 January, 1942[12] – 24 October, 1943[13] (ship lost under his command)
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. 236.
- ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
- ↑ McCoy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/145. f. 145.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 280.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ 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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