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'''H.M.S. ''Whitley''''' was one of twenty-two destroyers of the [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Whitley''''' was one of twenty-one [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 
''Whitley'' was commissioned on 23 September, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 899}}
 
''Whitley'' was commissioned on 23 September, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 899}}
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She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 4 December, 1923 to serve with the {{UK-DF|9}} as part of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 288}}
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She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 288}}
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Commissioned at Portsmouth on 14 December, 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic.{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 8 May, 1929 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 288}}
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She reduced to Reserve at the Nore on 30 June, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 292}}
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
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Paid into Maintenance Reserve at Royth on 28 October, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 292}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Whitley''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Whitley|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Jack Ernest Albert Mocatta|nick=Jack E. A. Mocatta|appt=6 September, 1918{{NLOct19|p. 943}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Jack Ernest Albert Mocatta|nick=Jack E. A. Mocatta|appt=6 September, 1918{{NLOct19|p. 943}}|end=13 October, 1919|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernald Gilbert Hoskins Master|nick=Ernald G. H. Master|appt=13 October, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 899}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ernald Gilbert Hoskins Master|nick=Ernald G. H. Master|appt=13 October, 1919<ref>Master Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/316.|D7604728}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 899}}|end=15 December, 1921<ref>Master Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/316.|D7604728}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=1928<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=March, 1929<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=15 December, 1921<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>|end=September, 1922<ref>Fegen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/8.|D7605596}} f. 8.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robin Edmund Jeffreys|nick=Robin E. Jeffreys|appt=25 August, 1922{{NavAppts|Tuesday, Aug 22, 1922; pg. 14; Issue 43116.  Given here as "E. E. Jeffreys"}}|end=1 January, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Masterman Hughes|nick=Herbert M. Hughes|appt=1 January, 1923<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/195.|D7605280}} f. 563.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 289}}|end=22 November, 1925<ref>Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/195.|D7605280}} f. 563.  This date is possibly read incorrectly.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=14 December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 288}}|end=March, 1929<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=March, 1929<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|end=19 April, 1929<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=20 April, 1929|end=c. May, 1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Carter Morrison|nick=Donald C. Morrison|appt=8 May, 1929<ref>Morrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/109.}} f. 109.</ref>|end=January, 1931<ref>Morrison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/109.}} f. 109.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bernard Sydney Davies|nick=Bernard S. Davies|appt=late December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 288}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Humphrey Maurice Robson|nick=Humphrey M. Robson|appt=23 May, 1932{{NavAppts| Tuesday, June 7, 1932, Issue 46153, p.20}}|end=10 September, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=c. August, 1933|end=28 October, 1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Eric Hart Dyke|nick=Eric H. Dyke|appt=24 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|2438}}|end=11 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|2438}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Alexander Cassidi|nick=Robert A. Cassidi|appt=26 November, 1939|end=11 December, 1939<ref>Rolfe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/113.|D7617109}} f. ?.</ref>|note=while Hart Dyke is sick}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Guy Neville Rolfe|nick=Guy N. Rolfe|appt=11 December, 1939<ref>Rolfe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/113.|D7617109}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 May, 1940<ref>Rolfe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/113.|D7617109}} f. ?.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
 
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A Lt. Cdr. "H. E. Randall" was appointed in command of {{UK-Tormentor}} on 29 October, 1927 and was then to transfer to ''Whitley'', but I am unable to identify him.{{NavAppts|Wednesday, Nov 02, 1927; pg. 21; Issue 44728}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:57, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Whitley (1918)
Pendant Number: F.20 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 13 Apr, 1918[4]
Completed: 11 Oct, 1918[5]
Commissioned: 23 Sep, 1918[6]
Bombed: 19 May, 1940[7]
Fate: beached off Belgium[8]

H.M.S. Whitley was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Whitley was commissioned on 23 September, 1918.[9]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 4 December, 1923 to serve with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.[11]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 14 December, 1928 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic.[12]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 8 May, 1929 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[13]

She reduced to Reserve at the Nore on 30 June, 1932.[14]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[15]

Paid into Maintenance Reserve at Royth on 28 October, 1933.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

A Lt. Cdr. "H. E. Randall" was appointed in command of Tormentor on 29 October, 1927 and was then to transfer to Whitley, but I am unable to identify him.[40]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 288.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 288.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 292.
  15. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 292.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 943.
  18. ↑ Master Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/316. f. ?.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  20. ↑ Master Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/316. f. ?.
  21. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  22. ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
  23. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Aug 22, 1922; pg. 14; Issue 43116. Given here as "E. E. Jeffreys".
  24. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/195. f. 563.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
  26. ↑ Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/195. f. 563. This date is possibly read incorrectly.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 288.
  28. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  29. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  30. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  31. ↑ Morrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/109. f. 109.
  32. ↑ Morrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/109. f. 109.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 288.
  34. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, June 7, 1932, Issue 46153, p.20.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. ?.
  38. ↑ Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. ?.
  39. ↑ Rolfe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/113. f. ?.
  40. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Nov 02, 1927; pg. 21; Issue 44728.

Bibliography


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Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
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  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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