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She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 290}} | She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 290}} | ||
| − | Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931.{{ | + | Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} out of Portland.{{NLOct35|p. 293}} |
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| + | Re-commissioned on 18 August, 1936 for service with the {{UK-ASF|1}} out of Portland.{{NLJul37|p. 293}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=10 September, 1926<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=1927<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=10 September, 1926<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=1927<ref>McGrath Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=March, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 290}}|end=8 August, 1927{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=March, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 290}}|end=8 August, 1927{{INF}}}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=24 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 290}}|end=c. 11 September, | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Bransby O'Brien Harding|nick=Geoffrey B. O'B. Harding|appt=16 April, 1930<ref>Harding Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/174.|}} f. 174. Month is not certain here, due to legibility.</ref>|end=24 September, 1930<ref>Harding Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry William Urquhart McCall|nick=Henry W. U. McCall|appt=18 February, 1931<ref>McCall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/141.|}} f. 141.</ref>|end=5 July, 1931<ref>McCall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/141.|}} f. 141.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=24 May, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 290}}|end=c. 11 September, 1931{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Gordon Hine|nick=Alfred G. Hine|appt=11 September, 1931<ref>Hine Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|end=1 January, 1932<ref>Hine Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Gordon Hine|nick=Alfred G. Hine|appt=11 September, 1931<ref>Hine Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|end=1 January, 1932<ref>Hine Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/286.|D7605041}} f. 301.</ref>|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=1 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=1 January, 1932<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/127/281.|}} f. 281.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 293}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942|end=October, 1943}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=17 January, 1934<ref>Pawsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 293}}|end=16 July, 1936|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Herbert Mohun Vaughan|nick=Francis H. M. Vaughan|appt=16 July, 1936{{NavAppts|4 July 1936, p. 19}}|end=25 June, 1937|note=loaned to {{UK-Vimy}} in command during ''Woolston's'' refit}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry John Haynes|nick=Henry J. Haynes|appt=25 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 293}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-ASF|1}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Frederick Stevens-Guille|nick=George F. Stevens-Guille|appt=18 July, 1938<ref>Stevens-Guille Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>|end=3 January, 1939<ref>Stevens-Guille Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/130.|}} f. 130.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Harry Philip Currey|nick=Harry P. Currey|appt=|end=18 May, 1939{{ToL|Anti-Submarine Flotilla|20 Apr. 1939, p. 26}}|note=transferred out with crew to {{UK-Walker}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter John Phipps|nick=Walter J. Phipps|appt=5 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Walter Michell|nick=Kenneth W. Michell|appt=24 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick William Hawkins|nick=Frederick W. Hawkins|appt=September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Jack Broughton Cox|nick=Jack B. Cox|appt=October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Valentine Brothers|nick=John V. Brothers|appt=May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5448}}}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:38, 23 February 2022
| H.M.S. Woolston (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.08 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | December, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 27 Apr, 1918[4] |
| Completed: | 28 Jun, 1918[5] |
| Commissioned: | 18 Jun, 1918[6] |
| Sold: | 18 Feb, 1947[7] |
H.M.S. Woolston was one of twenty-one "W" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Woolston was commissioned on 18 June, 1918.[8]
She completed to Full Complement on 19 February, 1925.[9]
Woolston was reduced to Reserve 1 April, 1925.[10]
Commissioned at Malta on 8 May, 1926.[11]
Woolston was reduced to Reserve 8 August, 1927.[12]
She transferred to the Reserve Fleet in Devonport on 17 September, 1930.[13]
Commissioned at Devonport on 11 September, 1931 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[14]
Re-commissioned on 18 August, 1936 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla out of Portland.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Alexander S. Douglas, 8 June, 1918[16][17] – 22 May, 1919[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Desmond Maxwell, 22 May, 1919[19][20] – 14 July, 1921[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 14 July, 1921[22] – 27 September, 1923[23]
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 27 September, 1923[24] – 1 January, 1924[25][26]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 1 January, 1924[27][28] – 1 September, 1924[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Austen G. Lilley, 19 February, 1925[30] – 1 April, 1925[31] (for Mediterranean Fleet Exercises)
- Commander Charles G. Stuart, 8 May, 1926[32] – 10 September, 1926[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Donal S. McGrath, 10 September, 1926[34] – 1927[35]
- Commander Charles G. Stuart, March, 1927[36] – 8 August, 1927[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey B. O'B. Harding, 16 April, 1930[37] – 24 September, 1930[38]
- Commander Henry W. U. McCall, 18 February, 1931[39] – 5 July, 1931[40] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Meredith S. Spalding, 24 May, 1931[41] – c. 11 September, 1931[Inference]
- Commander Alfred G. Hine, 11 September, 1931[42] – 1 January, 1932[43] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 1 January, 1932[44][45] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Henry T. W. Pawsey, 17 January, 1934[46][47] – 16 July, 1936 (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander Francis H. M. Vaughan, 16 July, 1936[48] – 25 June, 1937 (loaned to Template:UK-Vimy in command during Woolston's refit)
- Commander Henry J. Haynes, 25 June, 1937[49] (and for command of First Anti-Submarine Flotilla)
- Commander George F. Stevens-Guille, 18 July, 1938[50] – 3 January, 1939[51]
- Commander Harry P. Currey, – 18 May, 1939[52] (transferred out with crew to Walker)
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter J. Phipps, 5 September, 1939[53] – 24 April, 1941[54]
- Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth W. Michell, 24 April, 1941[55] – September, 1942[56]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick W. Hawkins, September, 1942[57] – October, 1943[58]
- Lieutenant in Command Jack B. Cox, October, 1943[59] – May, 1945[60]
- Lieutenant in Command John V. Brothers, May, 1945[61] – mid 1945[62]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 945.
- ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 901.
- ↑ Maxwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/256. f. ?.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 290.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 290.
- ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174. Month is not certain here, due to legibility.
- ↑ Harding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/174. f. 174.
- ↑ McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
- ↑ McCall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/141. f. 141.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 290.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ Hine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/286. f. 301.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/281. f. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.
- ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 293.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 July 1936, p. 19.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 293.
- ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
- ↑ Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
- ↑ "Anti-Submarine Flotilla." The Times (London, England), 20 Apr. 1939, p. 26.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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